Writing Black Britain, 1948-98
ISBN-10: 071905382X
ISBN-13: 9780719053825
$24.95
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Paper
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Published on
Jul 6, 2000
Edition
1st Edition
Dimensions
5.47x1.09x8.43 Inches
Weight
1.05 Pounds
About the Book
The first anthology of its kind, this timely collection brings together a diverse range of black British literatures, essays and documents from across the post-war period within a single volume. Spanning half a century, this rich archive of representations includes South Asian, African and Caribbean cultural production by both leading and lesser-known artists, critics and commentators:. Sam Selvon Salman Rushdie George LammingHanif Kureishi Stuart Hall Linton Kwesi JohnsonCaryl Phillips Paul Gilroy Meera SyalKobena Mercer James Berry E. R. BraithwaiteWilson Harris Farrukh Dhondy V. S. NaipaulBen Okri Wole Soyinka Hazel CarbyKamau Braithwaite Isaac Julien C. L. R. JamesDick Hebdige A. Sivanandan Buchi EmechetaLouise Bennett Grace Nichols Jackie Kay. Directed at a truly interdisciplinary market, accommodating popular and 'high' cultural materials from across the disciplines of literature, film, photography, history, sociology, politics, Marxism, feminism, cultural and
communications studies. Situated and contextualised within accessible historical and cultural frameworks and incorporating lucid introductions, a detailed chronology and extensive bibliography.