Race in translation : culture wars around the postcolonial Atlantic /
Stam, Robert, 1941-
Race in translation : culture wars around the postcolonial Atlantic / Robert Stam and Ella Shohat. - New York : New York University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (xx, 363 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Atlantic enlightenment -- A tale of three republics -- The seismic shift and the decolonization of knowledge -- Identity politics and the right / left convergence -- France, the United States, and the culture wars -- Brazil, the United States, and the culture wars -- From affirmative action to interrogating whiteness -- French intellectuals and the postcolonial -- The transnational traffic of ideas.
While the term "culture wars" often designates the heated arguments in the English-speaking world spiralling around race, the canon, and affirmative action, in fact these discussions have raged in multiple sites and languages. Charting the multidirectional traffic of the debates, Stam/Shohat trace their literal and figurative translation, seen in French Postcolonial Studies and Brazilian Whiteness Studies, and in such cultural phenomena as Tropicalia and Hip-Hop. The authors also interrogate an ironic convergence whereby rightist politicians join hands with leftist intellectuals, along with th
English.
9780814723920 (electronic bk.) 0814723926 (electronic bk.) 9780814725252 (electronic bk.) 0814725252 (electronic bk.)
10.18574/9780814723920 doi
22573/ctt8jv8qt JSTOR
Race.
Culture.
Postcolonialism--Atlantic Ocean Region.
Multiculturalism--Atlantic Ocean Region.
Ethnicity--Atlantic Ocean Region.
Racial Groups
Race.
Postcolonialisme--Atlantique, Région de l'.
Multiculturalisme--Atlantique, Région de l'.
Ethnicité--Atlantique, Région de l'.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Culture.
Ethnicity.
Multiculturalism.
Postcolonialism.
Race.
Atlantic Ocean Region.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
CB195 / .S73 2012eb
305.8009163
Race in translation : culture wars around the postcolonial Atlantic / Robert Stam and Ella Shohat. - New York : New York University Press, ©2012. - 1 online resource (xx, 363 pages)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Atlantic enlightenment -- A tale of three republics -- The seismic shift and the decolonization of knowledge -- Identity politics and the right / left convergence -- France, the United States, and the culture wars -- Brazil, the United States, and the culture wars -- From affirmative action to interrogating whiteness -- French intellectuals and the postcolonial -- The transnational traffic of ideas.
While the term "culture wars" often designates the heated arguments in the English-speaking world spiralling around race, the canon, and affirmative action, in fact these discussions have raged in multiple sites and languages. Charting the multidirectional traffic of the debates, Stam/Shohat trace their literal and figurative translation, seen in French Postcolonial Studies and Brazilian Whiteness Studies, and in such cultural phenomena as Tropicalia and Hip-Hop. The authors also interrogate an ironic convergence whereby rightist politicians join hands with leftist intellectuals, along with th
English.
9780814723920 (electronic bk.) 0814723926 (electronic bk.) 9780814725252 (electronic bk.) 0814725252 (electronic bk.)
10.18574/9780814723920 doi
22573/ctt8jv8qt JSTOR
Race.
Culture.
Postcolonialism--Atlantic Ocean Region.
Multiculturalism--Atlantic Ocean Region.
Ethnicity--Atlantic Ocean Region.
Racial Groups
Race.
Postcolonialisme--Atlantique, Région de l'.
Multiculturalisme--Atlantique, Région de l'.
Ethnicité--Atlantique, Région de l'.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Anthropology--Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Minority Studies.
Culture.
Ethnicity.
Multiculturalism.
Postcolonialism.
Race.
Atlantic Ocean Region.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
CB195 / .S73 2012eb
305.8009163