The Black Atlantic

Afrocentrism Eurocentrism Caribbean Studies American Studies. To the forces of cultural nationalism trapped in their respective camps this bold book sounds a liberating call. There is Paul Gilroy tells us a culture that is not specifically African American Caribbean or British but all of these at once; a black Atlantic culture whose themes and techniques transcend ethnicity and nationality to produce something new and until now unremarked. Challenging the practices and assumptions of cultural studies <i>The Black Atlantic</i> also enriches our understanding of modernism.