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The Predicament of Blackness
Jemima Pierre
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Description for The Predicament of Blackness
Hardcover. Tackles the question of race in West Africa through its postcolonial manifestations. Challenging the view of the African continent as a nonracialized space, the author envisions Africa, and in particular the nation of Ghana, as a place whose local relationships are deeply informed by global structures of race, economics, and politics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; JFSL3; JHMC; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
What is the meaning of blackness in Africa? While much has been written on Africa's complex ethnic and tribal relationships, Jemima Pierre's groundbreaking "The Predicament of Blackness" is the first book to tackle the question of race in West Africa through its postcolonial manifestations. Challenging the view of the African continent as a nonracialized space - as a fixed historic source for the African diaspora - she envisions Africa, and in particular the nation of Ghana, as a place whose local relationships are deeply informed by global structures of race, economics, and politics. Against the backdrop of Ghana's history as ... Read more
What is the meaning of blackness in Africa? While much has been written on Africa's complex ethnic and tribal relationships, Jemima Pierre's groundbreaking "The Predicament of Blackness" is the first book to tackle the question of race in West Africa through its postcolonial manifestations. Challenging the view of the African continent as a nonracialized space - as a fixed historic source for the African diaspora - she envisions Africa, and in particular the nation of Ghana, as a place whose local relationships are deeply informed by global structures of race, economics, and politics. Against the backdrop of Ghana's history as ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226923024
SKU
V9780226923024
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About Jemima Pierre
Jemima Pierre teaches in the Program in African American and Diaspora Studies at Vanderbilt University.
Reviews for The Predicament of Blackness
"In The Predicament of Blackness, Jemima Pierre makes an important intervention in Africanist anthropology, which is in dire need of analyses, such as Pierre offers, that illuminate the workings of race. This book is in a class by itself. It is not only a welcome addition to the field, but will in fact inspire a new generation of African studies ... Read more