Empire's endgame : racism and the British state /

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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Bhattacharyya, Gargi, 1964-
Published: Pluto Press,
Publisher Address: London :
Publication Dates: 2021.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: FireWorks ; 4
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Summary: An insightful analysis examining race, the state, the media and criminalisation in Britain.
Carrier Form: xii, 218 pages ; 20 cm.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780745342047
0745342043
9780745342030
0745342035
Index Number: D652
CLC: D756.162
Call Number: D756.162/B575
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