Europe in black and white : interdisciplinary perspectives on immigration, race and identity in the "Old Continent"

The essays in Europe in Black and White offer new critical perspectives on race, immigration, and identity on the Old Continent. In reconsidering the various forms of encounters with difference, such as multiculturalism and hybridity, the contributors address a number of issues, including the cartography of postcolonial Europe, its relation to the production of "difference" and "race," and national and identity politics and their dependence on linguistic practices inherited from imperial times. Featuring scholars from a wide variety of nationalities and disciplinary areas, this collection will speak to an equally wide readership. The Essays In Europe In Black And White Offer New Critical Perspectives On Race, Immigration, And Identity On The Old Continent. In Reconsidering The Various Forms Of Encounters With Difference, Such As Multiculturalism And Hybridity, The Contributors Address A Number Of Issues, Including Geography, Politics And Linguistic Practice. Featuring Scholars From A Wide Variety Of Nationalities And Disciplinary Areas, This Collection Of Essays Will Speak To An Equally Wide Readership And Provide An Important Counter-discourse To The Images Of Migration And Racism Frequently Portrayed In The Media. --book Jacket. Europe In Black And White / Manuela Ribeiro Sanches -- The Culture Wars In Translation / Robert Stam & Ella Shohat -- Nations Re-bound: Race And Biopolitics At Eu And Us Borders / John D. Márquez -- New Maps Of Europe By Some Contemporary 'migrant' Artists And Writers / Francesco Cattani -- Beware Behalfies! Contradictory Affiliations In Salman Rushdie's Step Across This Line / Ana Cristina Mendes -- A Cape Verdian View Of Europe: History And Geography Revised In The Writings Of G.t. Didial / Ana Salgueiro Rodrigues -- On The Periphery Of The Universal And The Splendor Of Eurocentrism / Inocência Mata -- Opportunities, Politics And Subjectivity In Rio De Janeiro And Lisbon's Non-governmental Organizations / Susana Durão -- Technologies Of Othering: Black Masculinities In The Carceral Zone Of European Whiteness / Uli Linke -- Reverses Of Modernity: Postcolonialism And Post-holocaust / António Sousa Ribeiro -- White Resentment-the Other Side Of Belonging / Vron Ware -- 'mestizaje', 'mestiçagem', 'metissage': Useful Concepts? / Capucine Boidin -- Studies In Brown: Seductions And Betrayals Of Hybridity In Richard Burton And Gilberto Freyre / Anna M. Klobucka -- Old Empires, New Cartographies: Problematizing 'lusophone Categorizations' / Elena Brugioni -- Spectacles, Lenses And Magnifying Glasses: Critical Approaches On The Definition Of The Canon Of African Literatures In The Portuguese Language / Livia Apa -- Literacy Responses In Postcolonial And Post-imperial Europe: The Literatures Of Diaspora In Portugal And Britain / João Cosme -- Voices In Shades Of Grey / Phillip Rothwell. Edited By Manuela Ribeiro Sanches ... [et Al.]. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Title Page 3 Copyright 4 Contents 6 Europe in Black and White 9 Part I: The Problem with Europe 20 Chapter 1: The Culture Wars in Translation 21 Chapter 2: Nations Re-bound: Race and Biopolitics at EU and US Borders 46 Chapter 3: New Maps of Europe by Some Contemporary ‘Migrant’ Artists and Writers 67 Chapter 4: “Beware Behalfies!” Contradictory Affiliations in Salman rushdie’s Step across this Line 83 Chapter 5: A Cape Verdian View of Europe: History and Geography Revised in the Writings of G. T. Didial 95 Chapter 6: On the Periphery of the Universal and the Splendour of Eurocentrism 110 Chapter 7: Opportunities, Politics and Subjectivity in Rio de Janeiro and Lisbon’s Non-governmental Organizations 124 Part II: Building Walls: Race and Difference 151 Chapter 8: Technologies of Othering: Black Masculinities in the Carceral Zones of European Whiteness 152 Chapter 9: Reverses of Modernity: Postcolonialism and Post-Holocaust 176 Chapter 10: White Resentment – The Other Side of Belonging 190 Chapter 11: ‘Mestizaje’, ‘Mestiçagem’, ‘Métissage’: Useful Concepts? 214 Chapter 12: Studies in Brown: Seductions and Betrayals of Hybridity in Richard Burton and Gilberto Freyre 228 Part III: Language as Contact Zone or the Disavowal of Empire 242 Chapter 13: Old Empires, New Cartographies: Problematizing ‘Lusophone Categorizations’ 243 Chapter 14: Spectacles, Lenses and Magnifying Glasses: Critical approaches in the Definition of the Canon of African Literatures in the Portuguese Language 255 Chapter 15: Literary Responses in Postcolonial and Post-Imperial Europe: The Literatures of Diaspora in Portugal and Britain 265 Chapter 16: Voices in Shades of Grey 283 Abstracts and Biographical Notes 292 Index 308 The essays in __Europe in Black and White__ offer new critical perspectives on race, immigration, and identity on the Old Continent. In reconsidering the various forms of encounters with difference, such as multiculturalism and hybridity, the contributors address a number of issues, including the cartography of postcolonial Europe, its relation to the production of "difference" and "race," and national and identity politics and their dependence on linguistic practices inherited from imperial times. Featuring scholars from a wide variety of nationalities and disciplinary areas, this collection will speak to an equally wide readership. "Europe in Black and White" offers new critical perspectives on race, immigration, and identity on the Old Continent. In reconsidering the various forms of encounters with difference, such as multiculturalism and hybridity, the contributors address a number of issues, including geography, politics and linguistic practice. Featuring scholars from a wide variety of nationalities and disciplinary areas, this collection of essays will speak to an equally wide readership and provide an important counter-discourse to the images of migration and racism frequently portrayed in the media The essays in this book offer new critical perspectives on race, immigration and identity on the Old Continent. In reconsidering the various forms of encounters with difference, the contributors address a number of issues, including the cartography of postcolonial Europe. It features scholars from a variety of nationalities and disciplinary areas.