TY  - BOOK
AU  - Phillips,Caryl
TI  - The European Tribe
SN  - 9780375707049
AV  - D923 .P48 2000
PY  - 2000///
CY  - New York
PB  - Vintage Books
KW  - Phillips, Caryl
KW  - Phillips, Caryl.
KW  - Race relations
KW  - fast
KW  - Travel
KW  - Reisebericht
KW  - swd
KW  - Europe
KW  - Description and travel
KW  - Europa
N2  - In this richly descriptive and haunting narrative, Caryl Phillips chronicles a journey through modern-day Europe, his quest guided by a moral compass rather than a map. Seeking personal definition within the parameters of growing up black in Europe, he discovers that the natural loneliness and confusion inherent in long jorneys collides with the bigotry of the "European Tribe"--A global community of whites caught up in an unyielding, Eurocentric history. Phillips deftly illustrates the scenes and characters he encounters, from Casablanca and Costa del Sol to Venice, Amsterdam, Oslo, and Moscow. He ultimately discovers that "Europe is blinded by her past, and does not understand the high price of her churches, art galleries, and history as the prison from which Europeans speak." In the afterword to the Vintage edition, Phillips revisits the Europe he knew as a young man and offers fresh observations
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