Empire's endgame : racism and the British state / Gargi Bhattacharyya [and seven others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bhattacharyya, Gargi, 1964- author.

Series:

FireWorks (Pluto Press)

FireWorks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Racism--Great Britain.

Racism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, [2021]

Summary:

An insightful analysis examining race, the state, the media and criminalisation in Britain.

Contents:

Cover

Contents

Series Preface

Preface

Introduction: Racialised Mythologies in Times of Neglect, Cruelty and Expulsion

Part I: Racialising the Crisis

1. Windrush

2. 'Knife Crime': Prevention and Order

3. Gang Land

Part II: The Persistence of Nationalism

4. Nationalist Convulsions

5. Progressive Patriotism

6. The Limits of Representation

Part III: State Patriarch

7. Our Heart Belongs to Daddy

8. 'Pakistani Grooming Gangs'

9. (Powerful) Men Behaving Badly

Part IV: Send in the Army

10. Longing for Authority

11. Militarisation on the Mainland

12. Zero-sum Game

Part V: What Now?

13. Covid-19: A Real Crisis

14. Shared Grief, Hope and Resistance

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-78680-762-9

OCLC:

1237307759