| Author 1: | Cultural Studies Centre for Contemporary | |
| Title: | The Empire Strikes Back | |
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| Edited by: | ||
| Place: | London | |
| Publisher: | Hutchinson | |
| Year: | 1982 | |
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| Location: | UB Tü: KB 18 A 957 | |
| Synopsis: | "The Empire Strikes Back" examines the place of 'race' and racism in the political transformation of Britain at the end of the 1970s and argues that Britain entered a long-term political and economic crisis which brought new urgency to the politics of race and nation. The authors explore the elements of a new, culturally focused racism which, in representations of black families, stresses the 'alienness' and the supposed criminal inclinations of the black population. They argue that, in the early 1980s, the British state is far from its popular image as a liberal democracy, and that notions of culture, nation and class are based on deeply racist structures. Key areas of state intervention such as schooling, policing and policy-oriented 'race relations' research are analysed to demonstrate that a definition of crisis in the economy and social services is emerging which shifts the focus of blame on to black people. | |
| Keyword 1: | ethnicity | |
| Keyword 2: | society | |
| Keyword 3: | resistance | |
| Keyword 4: | class | |
| Keyword 5: | education | |
| Keyword 6: | police | |
| Keyword 7: | colonialism | |
| Keyword 8: | postcolonialism | |
| Keyword 9: | race | |
| Keyword 10: | racism | |
| Keyword 11: | history | |
| Keyword 12: | politics | |
| Keyword 13: | Britain | |
| Keyword 14: | nation | |
| Keyword 15: | economy | |
| Keyword 16: | family | |
| Keyword 17: | race relations | |
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