The Agony of the Translated Subject

Preparing to write this response to the first edition of Transtext(e)s Transcultures little over a month after the London bombings, I am unable to dismiss from my mind how the political debate in Britain has quickly turned to the formerly unquestioned principle of multiculturalism in the United Kin...

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Veröffentlicht in:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/transtexts,
1. Verfasser: Phillips, Lawrence
Format: Article ou chapitre numérique
Sprache:Anglais
Veröffentlicht: Transtext(e)s Transcultures 2009
Online Zugang:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Zusammenfassung:Preparing to write this response to the first edition of Transtext(e)s Transcultures little over a month after the London bombings, I am unable to dismiss from my mind how the political debate in Britain has quickly turned to the formerly unquestioned principle of multiculturalism in the United Kingdom. The debate has not always been measured and in all too many cases, the xenophobia and suppressed racism that underlies many sectors of British society has re-emerged, permeating the void open...