The Black Pacific : : anti-colonial struggles and oceanic connections / / Robbie Shilliam.

• Superior document: Theory for a global age
• VerfasserIn: Shilliam, Robbie, 1969-
• Place / Publishing House: London, England : : Bloomsbury Academic,, [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Theory for a global age.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (262 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

"Why have the struggles of the African Diaspora so resonated with South Pacific people? How have Maori, Pasifika and Pakeha activists incorporated the ideologies of the African diaspora into their struggle against colonial rule and racism, and their pursuit of social justice? This book challenges predominant understandings of the historical linkages that make up the (post- )colonial world. The author goes beyond both the domination of the Atlantic viewpoint, and the correctives now being offered by South Pacific and Indian Ocean studies, to look at how the Atlantic ecumene is refracted in and has influenced the Pacific ecumene. The book is empirically rich, using extensive interviews, participation and archival work and focusing on the politics of Black Power and the Rastafari faith. It is also theoretically sophisticated, offering an innovative hermeneutical critique of post-colonial and subaltern studies. The Black Pacific is essential reading for students and scholars of Politics, International Relations, History and Anthropology interested in anti-colonial struggles, anti-racism and the quests for equality, justice, freedom and self-determination"--Back cover.

Table of Contents

FC -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Toc -- Series Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1. Deep Relation -- 2. Black Power and Mana Motuhake -- 3. The Rise and Fall of Political Blackness -- 4. Black Liberation Theology and the Programme to Combat Racism -- 5. Keskidee Aroha: Walking Out of Egypt Land -- 6. Dread Love: Reggae, RasTafari, Redemption -- 7. Ham, Shem and the Māori Prophets -- 8. Rātana, Baxter, RasTafari -- 9. Africa in Oceania -- Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Copyright Page.