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Resurrecting Slavery: Racial Legacies and White Supremacy in France
Crystal Marie Fleming
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Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JM; HBTS; JFFJ; JFSL1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .
How can politicians and ordinary citizens face the racial past in a country that frames itself as colorblind? In her timely and provocative book, Resurrecting Slavery, Crystal Fleming shows how people make sense of slavery in a nation where talking about race, colonialism, and slavery remains taboo. Noting how struggles over the meaning of racial history are informed by contemporary politics of race, she asks: What kinds of group identities are at stake today for activists and French people with ties to overseas territories where slavery took place?Fleming investigates the connections and disconnections that are made between racism, slavery, and ... Read more
How can politicians and ordinary citizens face the racial past in a country that frames itself as colorblind? In her timely and provocative book, Resurrecting Slavery, Crystal Fleming shows how people make sense of slavery in a nation where talking about race, colonialism, and slavery remains taboo. Noting how struggles over the meaning of racial history are informed by contemporary politics of race, she asks: What kinds of group identities are at stake today for activists and French people with ties to overseas territories where slavery took place?Fleming investigates the connections and disconnections that are made between racism, slavery, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
286
Place of Publication
Philadelphia PA, United States
ISBN
9781439914090
SKU
V9781439914090
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About Crystal Marie Fleming
Crystal Marie Fleming is Assistant Professor of Sociology and Africana Studies at Stony Brook University.
Reviews for Resurrecting Slavery: Racial Legacies and White Supremacy in France
Linguistic barriers have too often hindered communication and learning possibilities among different sections of the global black diaspora. In her essential and illuminating book, Resurrecting Slavery, Crystal Fleming brings to our Anglo attention the state of debate on racism and slavery in continental and overseas France-a country that has refused to even recognize aEURO~race' as a legitimate category. As she ... Read more