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Comparative Perspectives on Afro-Latin America
“This volume is long overdue, and at the cutting edge of scholarship. It is sure to become a standard reference.”—Jerome Branche, author of Race, Colonialism, and Social Transformation in Latin American and the Caribbean “A powerful and original collection of essays....
$225.00
Comparative Perspectives on Afro-Latin America
“This volume is long overdue, and at the cutting edge of scholarship. It is sure to become a standard reference.”—Jerome Branche, author of Race, Colonialism, and Social Transformation in Latin American and the Caribbean “A powerful and original collection of essays....
$65.49
The Colonial Art of Demonizing Others: A Global Perspective
The Colonial Art of Demonizing Others examines European mistranslations and misrepresentations of black freedom dreams and self-activity as monstrous in the period of modern imperial consolidation –roughly from 1750 to 1848. This book argues that Europe’s archives of self-understanding are haunted...
$72.00
Citizenship Under Pressure: The 1970s in Jamaican Literature and Culture
Citizenship Under Pressure: The 1970s in Jamaican Literature and Culture is the first book-length study of the interaction of culture, politics and society in Jamaica’s formative postcolonial moment, the years between 1972 and 1980. Through examining literary and other texts from...
$56.00
Challenging the Legacies of Racial Resentment: Black Health Activism, Educational Justice, and Legislative Leadership
Domestic and international health activism and health policy are focal points in this volume, a publication of the National Conference of Black Political Scientists. This work demonstrates the continuing importance of the "medical civil rights movement," through examples of activism...
$60.99
Cedric J. Robinson: On Racial Capitalism, Black Internationalism, and Cultures of Resistance
“Before the movement for black lives made black radicalism cool for millennials, Cedric Robinson did the work of excavating an intellectual history we rely upon today.”—The Root “Like W. E. B. Du Bois, Michel Foucault, Sylvia Wynter, and Edward Said,...
$32.99
Cedric J. Robinson: On Racial Capitalism, Black Internationalism, and Cultures of Resistance
$118.99
Cedric J. Robinson: On Racial Capitalism, Black Internationalism, and Cultures of Resistance
“Before the movement for black lives made black radicalism cool for millennials, Cedric Robinson did the work of excavating an intellectual history we rely upon today.”—The Root “Like W. E. B. Du Bois, Michel Foucault, Sylvia Wynter, and Edward Said,...
$118.99
Building a Nation: Caribbean Federation in the Black Diaspora
Caribbean Studies Association Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis Award - Honorable Mention The initial push for a federation among British Caribbean colonies might have originated among colonial officials and white elites, but the banner for federation was quickly picked up...
$97.99
A Black Soldier’s Story: The Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence
In 1896, an illiterate, fifteen-year-old Afro-Cuban field hand joined the rebel army fighting for Cuba's independence. Though poor and uneducated, Ricardo Batrell believed in the promise of Cuba Libre, the vision of a democratic and egalitarian nation that inspired the...
$24.95
Black Social Movements in Latin America: From Monocultural Mestizaje to Multiculturalism
Drawing from a wide spectrum of disciplines, the essays in this collection examine in different national contexts the consequences of the "Latin American multicultural turn" in Afro Latino social movements of the past two decades.
$68.99
Black Social Movements in Latin America: From Monocultural Mestizaje to Multiculturalism
Drawing from a wide spectrum of disciplines, the essays in this collection examine in different national contexts the consequences of the "Latin American multicultural turn" in Afro Latino social movements of the past two decades.
$68.99
Black Social Movements in Latin America: From Monocultural Mestizaje to Multiculturalism
Drawing from a wide spectrum of disciplines, the essays in this collection examine in different national contexts the consequences of the "Latin American multicultural turn" in Afro Latino social movements of the past two decades.
$68.99
Black Power in Bermuda: The Struggle for Decolonization (Contemporary Black History)
A transnational, pan-African youth movement, Black Power in Bermuda sought freedom for Blacks from the islandâ€s White oligarchy and independence from British colonialism. It was spearheaded by activists such as Pauulu Kamarakafego and the Black Beret Cadre. The Cadre maintained...
$155.98
Black Political Thought in the Making of South African Democracy
" . . . a comprehensive analytical survey of the multidimensional evolution of black political thought in South Africa's politicization process." ―Choice"Many citizens experience a sense of reluctance to share a single national identity with all of those who are...
$40.99
Black Heretics, Black Prophets (Africana Thought)
First published in 2003. This pioneering new book surveys the political thought of a selection of influential black thinkers in provocative exploration of the black radical tradition as it has evolved in the Caribbean, Africa, and the United States. Each...
$212.50
Black Atlantic Politics: Dilemmas of Political Empowerment in Boston and Liverpool
Winner of the 2000 Best Book on Comparative Racial and Ethnic Politics Presented by the American Political Science Association, Section of Race, Ethnicity, and PoliticsThis first comprehensive comparative study of Black politics focuses on American and British settings—Boston and Liverpool....
$119.00
Black Atlantic Politics: Dilemmas of Political Empowerment in Boston and Liverpool
Winner of the 2000 Best Book on Comparative Racial and Ethnic Politics Presented by the American Political Science Association, Section of Race, Ethnicity, and PoliticsThis first comprehensive comparative study of Black politics focuses on American and British settings—Boston and Liverpool....
$46.00
Biko Lives!: Contesting the Legacies of Steve Biko
This collection looks at the on-going significance of Black Consciousness, situating it in a global frame, examining the legacy of Steve Biko, the current state of post-apartheid South African politics, and the culture and history of the anti-apartheid movements.
$68.99
Biko Lives!: Contesting the Legacies of Steve Biko
This collection looks at the on-going significance of Black Consciousness, situating it in a global frame, examining the legacy of Steve Biko, the current state of post-apartheid South African politics, and the culture and history of the anti-apartheid movements.
$68.99
Between Slavery and Freedom: Special Magistrate John Anderson's Journal of St Vincent During the Apprenticeship
On August 1, 1834, more than 20,000 African slaves were emancipated in the British Caribbean. As in other areas of the British Empire, however, only slave children under six years of age were freed immediately. The rest were apprenticed to...
$46.00
Becoming Black Political Subjects: Movements and Ethno-Racial Rights in Colombia and Brazil
After decades of denying racism and underplaying cultural diversity, Latin American states began adopting transformative ethno-racial legislation in the late 1980s. In addition to symbolic recognition of indigenous peoples and black populations, governments in the region created a more pluralistic...
$35.99
Apartheid Vertigo: The Rise in Discrimination Against Africans in South Africa
Apartheid vertigo, the dizzying sensation following prolonged oppression and delusions of skin colour, is the focus of this book. For centuries, the colour-code shaped state and national ideals, created social and emotional distances between social groups, permeated public and private...
$74.99
Apartheid Vertigo: The Rise in Discrimination Against Africans in South Africa
Apartheid vertigo, the dizzying sensation following prolonged oppression and delusions of skin colour, is the focus of this book. For centuries, the colour-code shaped state and national ideals, created social and emotional distances between social groups, permeated public and private...
$195.50
Apartheid on a Black Isle: Removal and Resistance in Alexandra, South Africa
In this single square mile hemmed in by White areas, residents engaged in what is arguably the most multi-faceted, inventive, and versatile strategy of resistance during the 1970s. Apartheid on a Black Isle brings to the fore the definitive but...
$137.50
Afro-Politics and Civil Society in Salvador da Bahia, Brazil
Brazil’s Black population, one of the oldest and largest in the Americas, mobilized a vibrant antiracism movement from grassroots origins when the country transitioned from dictatorship to democracy in the 1980s. Campaigning for political equality after centuries of deeply engrained...
$87.00
Afrocuba: Anthology of Cuban Writing on Race, Politics and Culture
What is it like to be black in Cuba? Does racism exist in a revolutionary society that claims to have abolished it? How does the legacy of slavery and segregation live on in today’s Cuba? Essays, poetry, extracts from novels,...
$72.49
AfroCuba: An Anthology of Cuban Writing on Race, Politics and Culture
This anthology looks at the AfroCuban experience through the eyes of the island’s writers, scholars and artists. "A rich portrait of AfroCuba—one of the most vibrant and least well-documented of the black Caribbean diasporas."—Stuart Hall An insightful look at Cuba’s...
$19.95
Afro Immigrants Politics Incorp: Ethnicity, Exception, or Exit
This book examines the political behavior of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in New York City to answer a familiar, but nagging question about American democracy. Does racism still complicate or limit the political integration patterns of racial minorities in the United States?...
$46.99
Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics: Bahia, 1790s-1990s (Latin American Realities (Hardcover))
$57.49
Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics: Bahia, 1790s-1990s (Latin American Realities (Hardcover))
The essays in this book constitute an analytic survey of the last two centuries of Afro-Bahian history, with a focus squarely on the difficult relationship between Afro- and Euro-Bahia and on the continual Afro-Bahian struggle to create a meaningful culture...
$57.49
Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics: Bahia, 1790s-1990s (Latin American Realities (Hardcover))
$195.50
Afro-Brazilian Culture and Politics: Bahia, 1790s-1990s (Latin American Realities (Hardcover))
The essays in this book constitute an analytic survey of the last two centuries of Afro-Bahian history, with a focus squarely on the difficult relationship between Afro- and Euro-Bahia and on the continual Afro-Bahian struggle to create a meaningful culture...
$195.50