Books by Catherine Baker
“In the Non-Aligned Movement, she talks about the race blindness. There’s also the way in which black students come to Belgrade and are both allowed to be a voice in politics, but also get subjected to some racist abuse. You get some Yugoslav politicians who really understand Africa. You get others who are very racist about Africa. She also weaves in music. Some of her best work is on the Eurovision Song Contest. She finds obscure YouTube videos in which you have rappers from Serbia using tropes from some African music. It is an incredibly brilliant book.” Read more...
The best books on The Non-Aligned Movement
Paul Stubbs, Sociologist
Interviews where books by Catherine Baker were recommended
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The Non-Aligned Movement: Genesis Organization and Politics.
by Jurgen Dinkel -
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Southern Constellations: The Poetics of the Non-Aligned
by Bojana Piskur -
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The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World
by Vijay Prashad -
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Race and the Yugoslav Region: Postsocialist, Post-Conflict, Postcolonial?
by Catherine Baker -
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Worldmaking After Empire: The Rise and Fall of Self-Determination
by Adom Getachew
The best books on The Non-Aligned Movement, recommended by Paul Stubbs
The best books on The Non-Aligned Movement, recommended by Paul Stubbs
The Non-Aligned Movement was a loose alliance of more than 100 member states whose heyday was during the Cold War, though it continues to exist today. Here, sociologist Paul Stubbs chooses five books to illustrate the cultural, political and economic influence of the Non-Aligned Movement and argues the ideas that animated it are still of vital importance.
