Gary Younge
Biographic Data
| ID | 641109 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gary Younge |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gary |
| FAMILY NAME | Younge |
| SIGNATURE | YOUNGE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Manchester |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Toppling statues and making space: Prospects for Anti-Racist Cultural Activism
Statues have long been recognized as impositions of a particular past that legitimize a power-laden present. Consequently, toppling statues, and engaging with the space they once occupied, opens up the possibility of new and multiple narratives. This article takes this moment of possibility as its starting point. Drawing from nine case studies in five countries, and from thirty-one interviews with cultural activists and other stakeholders, we ide…
Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter
The spirit of resistance
Mick Lynch is general secretary of the RMT (National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers) and has been leading the union through a difficult strike period since June 2022. Here he is in discussion with Gary Younge, a journalist, author and professor of sociology at the University of Manchester. Over a wideranging conversation they discuss Lynch's reasons for becoming a trade unionist, and why trade unions are so important; challenging t…
Making News: Notes on a Scandal
How and Why the News Media Ignored The Windrush Scandal for So Long
Public Sociology, with Gary Younge, Chantelle Lewis, Cecilia Menjívar & Michaela Benson
What is public sociology and why does it matter more than ever
Capitalism's Conscience: 200 Years of the Guardian
The politics of identity: From potential to pitfalls, and symbols to substance
In this public lecture to mark the 25th anniversary of Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, award-winning Guardian journalist and author Gary Younge reflects on the potentialities, ambivalences and challenges of ‘identity’ as a basis for political action in the contemporary climate
Memorial tributes to A. Sivanandan
Another day in the death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives
On an average day in America, seven young people aged nineteen or under will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning Guardian journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost during the course of a single day in the United States. It could have been any day, but Younge has chosen November 23, 2013. From Jaiden Dixon (9), shot point-blank by his mother's ex-boyfriend on his doorstep in Ohio, to Pedro Dado Cort…
Ousting the King or Challenging the Throne
As America's first black president, Barack Obama's race became a symbolic indicator both abroad and at home. While looked upon as a sign of progress and celebrated overseas, Obama was deemed too foreign, especially by his political opposition here at home. This article chronicles how both points-of-view came into being and argues that despite both side assuming his policies would be different from his predecessor, Obama's policies rather, are a c…
Who Are We-And Should It Matter in the 21st Century
From those who insist that Barack Obama is Muslim to the European legislators who go to extraordinary lengths to ban items of clothing worn by a tiny percentage of their populations, Gary Younge shows, in this fascinating, witty, and provocative examination of the enduring legacy and obsession with identity in politics and everyday life, that how we define ourselves informs every aspect of our social, political, and personal lives. Younge- a blac…
The Death of Stephen Lawrence: The Macpherson Report
Toppling statues and making space: Prospects for Anti-Racist Cultural Activism
Statues have long been recognized as impositions of a particular past that legitimize a power-laden present. Consequently, toppling statues, and engaging with the space they once occupied, opens up the possibility of new and multiple narratives. This article takes this moment of possibility as its starting point. Drawing from nine case studies in five countries, and from thirty-one interviews with cultural activists and other stakeholders, we ide…
Public Sociology, with Gary Younge, Chantelle Lewis, Cecilia Menjívar & Michaela Benson
What is public sociology and why does it matter more than ever
The Death of Stephen Lawrence: The Macpherson Report
The Death of Stephen Lawrence: The Macpherson Report
Who Are We-And Should It Matter in the 21st Century
From those who insist that Barack Obama is Muslim to the European legislators who go to extraordinary lengths to ban items of clothing worn by a tiny percentage of their populations, Gary Younge shows, in this fascinating, witty, and provocative examination of the enduring legacy and obsession with identity in politics and everyday life, that how we define ourselves informs every aspect of our social, political, and personal lives. Younge- a blac…
Ousting the King or Challenging the Throne
As America's first black president, Barack Obama's race became a symbolic indicator both abroad and at home. While looked upon as a sign of progress and celebrated overseas, Obama was deemed too foreign, especially by his political opposition here at home. This article chronicles how both points-of-view came into being and argues that despite both side assuming his policies would be different from his predecessor, Obama's policies rather, are a c…
Another day in the death of America: A Chronicle of Ten Short Lives
On an average day in America, seven young people aged nineteen or under will be shot dead. In Another Day in the Death of America, award-winning Guardian journalist Gary Younge tells the stories of the lives lost during the course of a single day in the United States. It could have been any day, but Younge has chosen November 23, 2013. From Jaiden Dixon (9), shot point-blank by his mother's ex-boyfriend on his doorstep in Ohio, to Pedro Dado Cort…
Memorial tributes to A. Sivanandan
The politics of identity: From potential to pitfalls, and symbols to substance
In this public lecture to mark the 25th anniversary of Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, award-winning Guardian journalist and author Gary Younge reflects on the potentialities, ambivalences and challenges of ‘identity’ as a basis for political action in the contemporary climate
Capitalism's Conscience: 200 Years of the Guardian
Dispatches from the Diaspora: From Nelson Mandela to Black Lives Matter
The spirit of resistance
Mick Lynch is general secretary of the RMT (National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers) and has been leading the union through a difficult strike period since June 2022. Here he is in discussion with Gary Younge, a journalist, author and professor of sociology at the University of Manchester. Over a wideranging conversation they discuss Lynch's reasons for becoming a trade unionist, and why trade unions are so important; challenging t…
Making News: Notes on a Scandal
How and Why the News Media Ignored The Windrush Scandal for So Long
Public Sociology, with Gary Younge, Chantelle Lewis, Cecilia Menjívar & Michaela Benson
What is public sociology and why does it matter more than ever
Toppling statues and making space: Prospects for Anti-Racist Cultural Activism
Statues have long been recognized as impositions of a particular past that legitimize a power-laden present. Consequently, toppling statues, and engaging with the space they once occupied, opens up the possibility of new and multiple narratives. This article takes this moment of possibility as its starting point. Drawing from nine case studies in five countries, and from thirty-one interviews with cultural activists and other stakeholders, we ide…
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