Modernity, Freedom, and the African Diaspora Dublin, New Orleans, Paris

Elisa Joy White investigates the contemporary African Diaspora communities in Dublin, New Orleans, and Paris and their role in the interrogation of modernity and social progress. Beginning with an examination of Dublin's emergent African immigrant community, White shows how the community's...

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Main Author: White, Elisa Joy
Format: eBook Book
Language:English
Published: Bloomington, Ind Indiana University Press 2012
Edition:1
Series:Blacks in the Diaspora
Subjects:
African American Studies
African Americans
African Americans > Louisiana > New Orleans > Social conditions
African diaspora
Blacks
Blacks > France > Paris > Social conditions
Blacks > Ireland > Dublin > Social conditions
Community life
Community life > France > Paris
Community life > Ireland > Dublin
Community life > Louisiana > New Orleans
Diaspora
Dublin
Dublin (Ireland)
Dublin (Ireland) > Race relations
Emigration & Immigration
Ethnic Studies
France
Freedom
Immigrants
Interethnic relations
Ireland
Louisiana
Modernity
New Orleans
New Orleans (La.)
New Orleans (La.) > Race relations
Paris
Paris (France)
Paris (France) - Race relations
Race relations
Racism
Social change
Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE
Social status
Sociology
U.S.A
Xenophobia
ISBN:9780253001153, 0253001153, 0253001285, 9780253001283, 9780253001252, 0253001250
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Summary:Elisa Joy White investigates the contemporary African Diaspora communities in Dublin, New Orleans, and Paris and their role in the interrogation of modernity and social progress. Beginning with an examination of Dublin's emergent African immigrant community, White shows how the community's negotiation of racism, immigration status, and xenophobia exemplifies the ways in which idealist representations of global societies are contradicted by the prevalence of racial, ethnic, and cultural conflicts within them. Through the consideration of three contemporaneous events-the deportations of Nigerians from Dublin, the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, and the uprisings in the Paris suburbs-White reveals a shared quest for social progress in the face of stark retrogressive conditions.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (p. [297]-322) and index
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ISBN:9780253001153
0253001153
0253001285
9780253001283
9780253001252
0253001250