{"product_id":"after-empire-melancholia-or-convivial-culture-paperback","title":"After Empire: Melancholia or Convivial Culture? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Gilroy\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Gilroy's \u003cem\u003eAfter Empire\u003c\/em\u003e - in many ways a sequel to his classic study of race and nation, \u003cem\u003eThere Ain't No Black in the Union Jack\u003c\/em\u003e - explores Britain's failure to come to terms with the loss of its empire and pre-eminent global standing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDrawing on texts from the writings of Fanon and Orwell to Ali G. and \u003cem\u003eThe Office\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eAfter Empire\u003c\/em\u003e shows that what we make of the country's postcolonial opportunity will influence the future of Europe and the viability of race as a political category.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTaking the political language of the post 9\/11 world as a new point of departure he defends beleaguered multiculturalism against accusations of failure. He then takes the liberal discourse of human rights to task, finding it wanting in terms of both racism and imperialism. Gilroy examines how this imperial dissolution has resulted not only in hostility directed at blacks, immigrants and strangers, but also in the country's inability to value the ordinary, unruly multi-culturalism that has evolved organically and unnoticed in its urban centres.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA must-read for students of cultural studies, and Britain in the post 9\/11 era.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003ePaul Gilroy is a leading figure in international cultural studies. He is Chair of the Department of African-American Studies at Yale. Previously he was Professor of Sociology and Cultural Studies at Goldsmiths. His book There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack is now a Routledge classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 200\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.42 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2004\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42723984572479,"sku":"9780415343084","price":116.62,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/43f0c57429172f789303ff708ed252b5.webp?v=1765101060","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/after-empire-melancholia-or-convivial-culture-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}