The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness"Whilst others scarcely put a toe in the water, in The Black Atlantic Gilroy goes in deep and returns with riches." Guardian Afrocentrism, Eurocentrism, Caribbean Studies. To the forces of cultural nationalism trapped in their respective camps, this bold book sounds like a liberating call. There is, Paul Gilroy tells us, a culture that is not specifically African, American, Caribbean, or British, but all of these at once; a black Atlantic culture whose themes and techniques transcend ethnicity and nationality to produce something new and, until now, unremarked. Challenging the practices and assumptions of cultural studies, The Black Atlantic also enriches our understanding of modernism. |
Contents
The Black Atlantic as a Counterculture of Modernity | 1 |
Masters Mistresses Slaves and the Antinomies | 41 |
Black Music and | 72 |
W E B Du Bois | 111 |
Richard Wright | 146 |
Living Memory and | 187 |
Notes | 225 |
Acknowledgements | 253 |
Common terms and phrases
aesthetic African African-American Africentric Afrocentricity ambivalence appear argument artistic authenticity black Americans black Atlantic black cultural black music black political culture Blyden Bois's C. L. R. James Caribbean chapter civilisation colonial complex concept contemporary Cornel West critical critique cultural forms Delany Delany's diaspora discourse discussion distinctive domination double consciousness dynamics Edward Wilmot Blyden emphasise ethnic Europe European experience explore expressive culture Fisk Fisk Jubilee Singers Frederick Douglass global Hegel hip hop history of black Ibid idea important Jews Jubilee Singers literary living London means memory ment modern black narrative Negro novel Pan-Africanism particular perspective philosophical problems produced Quincy Jones race racial subordination racialised racism radical reconstruction relationship rhythm and blues Richard Wright role sense significance slave slavery social song Souls story struggles terror themes theory tion tradition University Press vernacular W. E. B. Du Bois West western writing York