Loud and Proud Passion and Politics in the English Defence League

Name: Loud and Proud
Author: Hilary Pilkington

Auteur: Hilary Pilkington

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Hilary Pilkington

Engels
Hardcover
9781784994006
11 mei 2016
272 pagina's

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This book is an ethnographic study of grassroots activists in the English Defence League. Setting the findings within contemporary debates on race and racism, Islamophobia, social movements and the far right.

Loud and proud uses interviews, informal conversations and extended observation at English Defence League events to critically reflect on the gap between the movement's public image and activists' own understandings of it. It details how activists construct the EDL, and themselves, as 'not racist, not violent, just no longer silent' inter alia through the exclusion of Muslims as a possible object of racism on the grounds that they are a religiously not racially defined group. In contrast activists perceive themselves to be 'second-class citizens', disadvantaged and discriminated by a 'two-tier' justice system that privileges the rights of 'others'. This failure to recognise themselves as a privileged white majority explains why ostensibly intimidating EDL street demonstrations marked by racist chanting and nationalistic flag waving are understood by activists as standing 'loud and proud'; the only way of 'being heard' in a political system governed by a politics of silencing.

This book brings a new perspective because unlike most studies of 'far right' movements, it focuses not on the EDL as an organisation - its origins, ideology, strategic repertoire and effectiveness - but on the individuals who constitute the movement. Its ethnographic approach challenges stereotypes and allows insight into the emotional as well as political dimension of activism. At the same time, the book recognises and discusses the complex political and ethical issues of conducting close-up social research with 'distasteful' groups.

The book will be of value to those researching or studying in the disciplines of Sociology, Political Science and Anthropology as well as those with an interest in contemporary political issues and the populist and radical right.

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Taal: en
Bindwijze: Hardcover
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 11 mei 2016
Aantal pagina's: 272
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Hoofdauteur: Hilary Pilkington
Hoofdredacteur: Alexander Smith
Hoofduitgeverij: Manchester University Press

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Extra groot lettertype: Nee
Product breedte: 156 mm
Product hoogte: 16 mm
Product lengte: 234 mm
Studieboek: Ja
Verpakking breedte: 156 mm
Verpakking hoogte: 16 mm
Verpakking lengte: 234 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht: 558 g

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EAN: 9781784994006

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Categorieën: Mens & Maatschappij

Politiek

Cultuur

Sociologie

Politieke wetenschap & Theorie

Culturele antropologie

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Taal: Engels
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Land: Engeland
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