Race in the shadow of law : state violence in contemporary Europe / Eddie Bruce-Jones.
2017
KJC5144.M56 B76 2017 (Mapit)
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Race in the shadow of law : state violence in contemporary Europe / Eddie Bruce-Jones.
Imprint
Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Copyright
©2017.
Description
xiv, 195 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Structural racism and the law in Europe
Transgression : law and the choreography of race and place
Smoke and mirrors : performing in the theatre of the court
The politics of remembrance : narrating state violence
Gender, colonial history and contemporary movements
Towards a European anti-racism.
Transgression : law and the choreography of race and place
Smoke and mirrors : performing in the theatre of the court
The politics of remembrance : narrating state violence
Gender, colonial history and contemporary movements
Towards a European anti-racism.
Summary
"Race in the Shadow of Law offers a critical legal analysis of European responses to institutional racism. It draws connections between contemporary legal knowledge practices and colonial systems of thought, arguing that many people of colour experience the law as a part of a racial problem, rather than a solution, to racial injustice. Based on a critical legal ethnography of anti-racism work in Europe, and with an emphasis on the German context, the book positions Black and anti-racist perspectives at the centre, rather than the margins, of critically thinking through the intersection of race and law. Combining this ethnography with comparative legal analysis, discourse analysis and critical race theory, the book develops a critical discussion of the European legal frameworks aimed at regulating racism, and particularly institutional racism, in policy and policing. In linking this critique to the transformative potential of social movements, however, it goes on to examine the strategic and creative possibility of disrupting conventional modes of engaging, and resisting, law"--Back cover.
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"A GlassHouse book"--Front cover.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-185) and index.
Location
STA
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KJC5144.M56 B76 2017
Language
English
ISBN
9781138649361 hardcover
1138649368 hardcover
1138649368 hardcover
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