Postcolonial melancholia

"In an effort to deny the ongoing effect of colonialism and imperialism on contemporary political life, the death knell for a multicultural society has been sounded from all sides. That's the argument Paul Gilroy makes in this unorthodox defense of the multiculture. Gilroy's searing analyses of race, politics, and culture have always remained attentive to the material conditions of black people and the ways in which blacks have defaced the "clean edifice of white supremacy." In Postcolonial Melancholia, he continues the conversation he began in the landmark study of race and nation 'There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack' by once again departing from conventional wisdom to examine - and defend - multiculturalism within the context of the post-9/11 "politics of security.""--Jacket.

Year

2004

Language

English

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Editions

1

Pages

192

ISBN

9780231509695

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