The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness
Paul GilroyDiaspora
England
Contemporary
English
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Gilroy argues that Black Atlantic culture — crossing Africa, Europe, America, and the Caribbean — cannot be reduced to any single national or ethnic tradition. Music, literature, and politics form a hybrid culture.
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One of the most influential works in cultural studies and African diaspora studies; defined a generation of scholarship
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editorial-summarynot primary textGilroy argues that Black Atlantic culture — crossing Africa, Europe, America, and the Caribbean — cannot be reduced to any single national or ethnic tradition. Music, literature, and politics form a hybrid culture. One of the most influential works in cultural studies and African diaspora studies; defined a generation of scholarship
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