This cutting-edge piece of scholarship studies the invisibility of the black migrants in popular consciousness and intellectual discourse in the United States through the interrogation of actual members of this community.
#3517602 in Books 2013-11-09 2013-11-11Original language:EnglishPDF # 1 9.21 x .77 x 6.14l; .0 #File Name: 0415749360340 pages
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Four StarsBy Ralph J. Edsellvery interesting4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Detective work with many insightsBy Meow TomcatMany academic studies; expecially in book length form; are difficult for the general reader to absorb because academic studies are sometimes excruciatingly specific and exact. Whereas the scholar has to quote Sir John Woodroffe (1865- 1936) and explain the context ; most readers are content with a paraphrase or a general description. This work has over a thousand footnotes; which in academic circles is sometimes required; but with the addition of Sanskrit terms and Tantric references; this erudition may lose the general reader.If the reader does not already know; Arthur Avalon was the pen name of Sir John Woodroffe and the author studies them separately as if they were two different people. This impressive research looks at Sir John Woodroffe in the context of his standing in British colonial society and with the Bengali intellectuals. The real authority behind Arthur Avalon's The Serpent Power and other works was Atal Bihari Ghose who was well versed in Sanskrit (whereas Arthur Avalon was not). Their working relationship is one of the highlights. The importance of Arthur Avalon; of course; is that he saved Tantra for India and for the world. The precise academic style of writing is not for everyone.
