Race in Translation : Culture Wars around the Postcolonial Atlantic /

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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/Shoh...

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Main Authors: Stam, Robert, 1941- (Author), Shohat, Ella, 1959- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : New York University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Race.
Postcolonialism.
Multiculturalism.
Ethnicity.
Culture.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Ethnicite > Atlantique, Region de l'.
Multiculturalisme > Atlantique, Region de l'.
Postcolonialisme > Atlantique, Region de l'.
Racial Groups
Ethnicity > Atlantic Ocean Region.
Multiculturalism > Atlantic Ocean Region.
Postcolonialism > Atlantic Ocean Region.
Atlantic Ocean Region.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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
Physical Description:1 online resource.
ISBN:9780814723920

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