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Les Back
is professor of sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London. His numerous publications on the sociology of racism and ethnicity, popular culture and music, urban life, and social divisions and class include Out of Whiteness: Color, Politics and Culture (2002). His latest book is The Art of Listening, (Berg 2007).
Eurozine Articles
Beaches and graveyards
Europe's haunted borders
"It is more arduous to honour the memory of the nameless than the renowned." The epigram on Walter Benjamin's memorial in Portbou, Catalonia, leads Les Back to reflect on the fate of the African migrants found dead on the coasts of Spain today. [Catalan version added] [more]
Phobocity
London and the War on Terror
In London post-7/7, the wail of police sirens has become the soundtrack of the "phobocity". But the phobocity is not created by the suicide bombers alone -- politicians and journalists also trade on fear. [more]
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