{"product_id":"afro-sweden-becoming-black-in-a-color-blind-country-hardback-9781517912307","title":"Afro-Sweden; Becoming Black in a Color-Blind Country (Hardback) 9781517912307","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAfro-Sweden\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eBecoming Black in a Color-Blind Country\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRyan Thomas Skinner (Author), Jason Timbuktu Diakité (Foreword by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781517912307\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 September 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm, 0.466 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e \"A remarkable work in both its content and style, \u003ci\u003eAfro-Sweden\u003c\/i\u003e compels us to reconsider our understandings of race, place, and identity, all while highlighting the presence of a population whose cultural vitality and roots are too often overlooked.\"-Benjamin R. Teitelbaum, author of \u003ci\u003eWar for Eternity: The Return of Traditionalism and the Rise of the Populist Right\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"Ryan Skinner’s research and writing are among those rare artifacts bringing the Afro-Swedish community to life, informing our own children, even ourselves, of that vital reminder, that we are here, that we have been here for quite some time, that we belong to the global African diaspora, that our lives matter.\"-Jason Timbuktu DiakitÉ, from the Foreword \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"[\u003ci\u003eAfro-Sweden\u003c\/i\u003e] is such a truthful explanation of the dilemma African descendants have here in Sweden… It is such a valuable contribution to efforts to racial integration here in Sweden.\"-Madubuko DiakitÉ, author of \u003ci\u003eNot Even in Your Dreams: A Story about Children, Parents, and Dreams\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"In \u003ci\u003eAfro-Sweden: Becoming Black in a Color-Blind Country, \u003c\/i\u003eRyan Skinner explores the diverse voices and experiences of the American and Black diaspora in Sweden. The book not only shows the pervasive nature of white supremacy in Swedish society but also pays testimony to the richness of Afro-Swedish life. \"-\u003ci\u003eLSE Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eAfro-Sweden: Becoming Black in a Color-Blind Country\u003c\/i\u003e is convincing in its presentation of how ‘Afro Swedes resist politics of erasure that normative color-blindness prescribes, by affirming a doubly conscious Afro-diasporic and Swedish being-in-the world’ (233). Therefore, the book is informative to those both familiar or not with the burgeoning field of racial studies in Sweden.\"-\u003ci\u003eEthnic and Racial Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA compelling examination of Sweden’s African and Black diaspora\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eContemporary Sweden is a country with a worldwide progressive reputation, despite an undeniable tradition of racism within its borders. In the face of this contradiction of culture and history, Afro-Swedes have emerged as a vibrant demographic presence, from generations of diasporic movement, migration, and homemaking. In \u003ci\u003eAfro-Sweden,\u003c\/i\u003e Ryan Thomas Skinner uses oral histories, archival research, ethnography, and textual analysis to explore the history and culture of this diverse and growing Afro-European community.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSkinner employs the conceptual themes of “remembering” and “renaissance” to illuminate the history and culture of the Afro-Swedish community, drawing on the rich theoretical traditions of the African and Black diaspora. Remembering fosters a sustained meditation on Afro-Swedish social history, while Renaissance indexes a thriving Afro-Swedish public culture. Together, these concepts illuminate significant existential modes of Afro-Swedish being and becoming, invested in and contributing to the work of global Black studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe first scholarly monograph in English to focus specifically on the African and Black diaspora in Sweden, \u003ci\u003eAfro-Sweden \u003c\/i\u003eemphasizes the voices, experiences, practices, knowledge, and ideas of these communities. Its rigorously interdisciplinary approach to understanding diasporic communities is essential to contemporary conversations around such issues as the status and identity of racialized populations in Europe and the international impact of Black Lives Matter.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJason Timbuktu DiakitÉ\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA Note on Orthography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Race, Culture, and Diaspora in Afro-Sweden\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart I. Remembering\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1. Invisible People\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2. A Colder Congo\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3. Walking While Black\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePart II. Renaissance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4. Articulating Afro-Sweden\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5. The Politics of Race and Diaspora\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6. The Art of Renaissance\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Univ Of Minnesota Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52619256332568,"sku":"9781517912307","price":65.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/afro-sweden-becoming-black-in-a-color-blind-country-hardback-9781517912307","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}