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Author Ambikaipaker, Mohan, author.

Title Political blackness in multiracial Britain / Mohan Ambikaipaker
Published Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2018]
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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 254 pages) : illustrations
Series The ethnography of political violence
Ethnography of political violence.
Contents Cover; Contents; Prelude. The Parable of "Paki Ali"; Introduction; Chapter 1. "There Is Nothing Nice to See Here, Sir. You Go to Central London": The Colonial-Racial Zone of East London; Chapter 2. "They Do Not Look Like People Who Would Do This": Amina's Struggles Against Everyday Political Whiteness; Chapter 3. "Would They Do This to Tony Blair's Daughter?" Gillian's Struggle Against Intersectional Racial Violence; Chapter 4. "We Are Terrified of You!" British Muslim Women and Gendered Anti-Muslim Racism
Chapter 5. "The War on Terror Has Become a War on Us": The Forest Gate Antiterror Raid and Counterterror CitizenshipChapter 6. "If Political Blackness Is So Damn Difficult, Why Do You Keep It?" Cilius's Passage to Post-War on Terror Political Blackness; Conclusion. Endings and Beginnings; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z; Acknowledgments
Summary "Political Blackness in Multiracial Britain shows how the deep processes of everyday political whiteness shape the state's failure to provide effective remedies for ethnic, racial, and religious minorities who continue to face violence and institutional racism."-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed July 12, 2018)
Subject Racism -- England -- London -- History -- 21st century
Immigrants -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- History -- 21st century
Immigrants -- Political activity -- England -- London -- History -- 21st century
Minorities -- England -- London -- Social conditions -- 21st century
Minorities -- Political activity -- England -- London -- 21st century
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
Immigrants -- Political activity
Immigrants -- Social conditions
Minorities -- Political activity
Minorities -- Social conditions
Race relations
Racism
SUBJECT London (England) -- Race relations -- History -- 21st century
Subject England -- London
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780812295160
0812295161