ISBN:
9780520300682
,
9780520300668
Language:
English
Pages:
xiii, 220 Seiten
,
Illustrationen
Series Statement:
Berkeley Series in British Studies 15
Series Statement:
The Berkeley series in British studies
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Connell, Kieran, author Black Handsworth
DDC:
305.896/042496
Keywords:
Blacks Social conditions 20th century
;
Handsworth (Birmingham, England) Social conditions 20th century
;
Handsworth (Birmingham, England) Race relations 20th century
;
History
;
Großbritannien
;
Birmingham
;
Schwarze
;
Soziale Situation
;
Alltag
;
Geschichte 1980-1990
Abstract:
"This book takes the reader inside the pubs, churches, political organizations, and social clubs of a black community in 1980s Britain. It shows how, for both the Windrush generation and their British-born children, the diasporic inheritance was a core cultural and political influence. In Handsworth, an inner-city area of Birmingham, residents looked out across the black Atlantic in order to navigate the many inequalities of the locale. In the context of Britain's enduring inability to come to terms with the legacies of empire, a black transnational sensibility emerged as a powerful feature of its urban landscapes. Black Handsworth is one compelling chapter in the much wider, unfinished story of the making of post-colonial Britain"--Provided by publisher
Abstract:
Introduction -- Shades of black : political and community groups -- Visualizing Handsworth : the politics of representation -- Dread culture : africa in Handsworth -- Leisure and sociability : the black everyday -- Epilogue
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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