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Political languages of race and the politics of exclusion

Title
Political languages of race and the politics of exclusion / Andy R. Brown.
Author
Brown, Andy R.
Publication
Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt., USA : Ashgate, ©1999.

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Description
xxx, 341 pages; 23 cm
Summary
"Political Languages of Race and the Politics of Exclusion examines the post-race signification logic of languages used to promote and achieve the exclusion and stigmatisation of migrant groups within post-war Britain. Re-examining the time of Smethwick and Powellism, as well as extensive Parliamentary debates, this book develops an original thesis to show how Backbench racism became legitimated as Frontbench commons' sense. The book argues that the achievement of the success of post-war Parliamentary racism has been made possible by the development of a ubiquitously anecdotal narrative of the travails of the 'Forgotten Englishman' awoken to a multi-cultural nightmare in Britain's decaying inner cities. While the concept of 'race' has remained under erasure, the logic of post-race signification discourse has allowed the re-making of racism in public Britain."--Jacket.
Series Statement
Research in ethnic relations series
Uniform Title
Research in ethnic relations series
Subject
  • Racism > Great Britain
  • Race discrimination > Great Britain
  • Minorities > Great Britain > Politics and government
  • Immigrants > Great Britain > Politics and government
  • Minorities > Politics and government
  • Race discrimination
  • Race relations
  • Racism
  • Parlamentsdebatte
  • Rassismus
  • Ethnische Beziehungen
  • Rassendiskriminierung
  • Great Britain > Race relations
  • Great Britain
  • Großbritannien
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-336) and indexes.
Contents
1. The Erasure of Race in Public Space -- 2. Back to the Future: The New Racism Revisited -- 3. Racism and Parliamentary Discourse (I): 1957-68 -- 4. Racism and Parliamentary Discourse (II): 1968-88 -- 5. Smethwick and the Rise of a 'Political Racism' -- 6. Enoch's Island: Race, Nation and Authoritarianism in the Language and Politics of Powellism.
ISBN
  • 1840145161
  • 9781840145168
LCCN
98073857
OCLC
  • ocm41257006
  • 41257006
  • SCSB-14028465
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library