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Also by Gary Younge:

Who Are We-And Should It Matter in the 21st Century?, July 2011
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Stranger in a Strange Land, June 2006
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No Place Like Home, November 2002
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WHO ARE WE-AND SHOULD IT MATTER IN THE 21ST CENTURY?
By: Gary Younge

Nation Books
July 2011
On Sale: June 28, 2011
256 pages
ISBN: 1568586604
EAN: 9781568586601
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction

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 black British male of Caribbean descent living in Brooklyn, New York, who speaks fluent Russian and French--travels the planet in search of answers to why identity is so combustible. From Tiger Woods's legacy to the scandal over Danish cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, he finds that identity is inescapable, but solidarity may not be as elusive as we fear.

Media Buzz

Diane Rehm Show - NPR - August 25, 2011
Talk of the Nation - July 5, 2011