Darker than Blue: On the Moral Economies of Black Atlantic Culture (The W. E. B. Du Bois Lectures)
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (782 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674060237 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-12-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Paul Gilroy holds the Anthony Giddens Professorship in Social Theory at the London School of Economics
From Publishers Weekly Gilroy (Against Race) offers a shrewd and invigorating discussion—originally delivered as the W.E.B. Du Bois lectures at Harvard University—poised on the fraught intersections of race, class, and status present in the overlapping histories of African-American popular culture, the automobile as American capitalism's ur-commodity, and the race-coded global reach of American style. Gilroy demonstrates how understanding black experience is crucial in any serious study of modernity itself, at a time when global capitalism trades evermore in American-inflected styles of blackness, while simultaneously
B. He traces the shifting character of black intellectual and social movements, and shows how we can construct an account of moral progress that reflects today’s complex realities.. At a time of economic crisis, environmental degradation, ongoing warfare, and heated debate over human rights, how should we reassess the changing place of black culture?Gilroy considers the ways that consumerism has diverted African Americans’ political and social aspirations. E. What are the implications for our notions of freedom?With his brilliant, provocative analysis and astonishing range of reference, Gilroy revitalizes the study of African American culture. Jazz, blues, soul, reggae, and hip hop are now seen as generically American, yet artists like Jimi Hendrix, Chuck Berry, and Bob Marley, who questioned the allure of mobility and speed, are not understood by people who have drained their music of its moral power.Gilroy explores the way in which objects and technologies can become dynamic social forces, ensuring black culture’s global reach while undermining the drive for equality and justice. Luxury goods and branded items, especially the automobilerich in symbolic value and the promise of individual freedomhave restratified society, weakened citizenship, and diminished the collective spirit. Du Bois’ intellectual and political legacy. Paul Gilroy seeks to awaken a new und