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Mattias Gardell – Gods of the Blood: The Pagan Revival and White Separatism<\/em> (Duke University Press, 2003)<\/strong> Whilst focussing primarily on racist Odinism\/Asatru the book also includes a good overview of the development of the American far right and the “occult fascism” which emerged out of a particular strand of industrial music in the 1990s. There is a more critical review of the book over at the Southern Poverty Law Centre<\/a>.<\/p>\n Noel Ignatiev – How The Irish Became White<\/em> (Routledge, 2008)<\/strong> John Hutnyk – Critique of Exotica<\/em> (Pluto Press, 2000)<\/strong> Ray Hurford & Joakim Kalcidis – Small Axe Reggae Album Guide: Deejays <\/em>(Small Axe, 2009)<\/strong> Linkage:<\/strong><\/p>\n Les Back – Coughing Up Fire: Soundsystems in South East London<\/a> (New Formations<\/em> Number 5 Summer 1988)<\/p>\n Tom Lea – Essential Ruff Sqwad<\/a> (FACT magazine <\/em>2009) – great overview of these Grime dons, complete with loadsa youtube links.<\/p>\n Droid – 20 Best Ragga Tunes<\/a> (FACT magazine <\/em>2009) – the usual top notch quality and detail one expects from the man who single handedly saved Woofah from oblivion. Again, lots of audio to check alongside the great commentary.<\/p>\n Mark Hayes and Paul Aylward – Anti Fascist Action: Radical Resistance or rent-a-mob?<\/a> (Soundings<\/em> Issue 14 Spring 2000)<\/p>\n
\nVery readable for an academic book. Gardell is Swedish and specialises in the extreme end of comparative religion, having previously published a book on the Nation of Islam. The common theme being racial mysticism, of course – in this case the mysticism of whiteness, right down to the bizarre claims that Jesus was an aryan from the “Christian Identity” movement.<\/p>\n![\"Ignatiev\"](\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/9780415963091.jpg\" "\\"Ignatiev\\"")
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\nAs a former editor of the journal Race Traitor <\/em>(“Treason to whiteness is loyalty to humanity”) I imagine Mr Ignatiev would be quite unpopular with a lot of people featured in Gardell’s book. This is quite US-centric, an examination of how Irish immigrants (and wider US society) dealt with the issue of slavery, and how this was a crucial element in them being accepted as part of the American white working class. The political machinations were a bit much for me, but overall I’d still recommend this I think.<\/p>\n![\"exotica\"](\"https:\/\/www.uncarved.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/exotica.jpg\" "\\"exotica\\"")
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\nNice contrast between the Asian exotica of Kula Shaker and the overtly politicised approach of Asian Dub Foundation and Fundamental.<\/p>\n
\nReviewed this for Woofah<\/em> issue 4, but suffice to say it does what it says on the tin. Check it.<\/a><\/p>\n