ISBN:
9780520971950
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (240 pages)
Series Statement:
Berkeley Series in British Studies 15
DDC:
305.896/042496
Keywords:
HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century
;
Blacks Social conditions 20th century
Abstract:
In 1980s Britain, while the country failed to reckon with the legacies of its empire, a black, transnational sensibility was emerging in its urban areas. In Handsworth, an inner-city neighborhood of Birmingham, black residents looked across the Atlantictoward African and Afro-Caribbean social and political cultures and drew upon them while navigating the inequalities of their locale. For those of the Windrush generation and their British-born children, this diasporic inheritance became a core influence on cultural and political life. Through rich case studies, including photographic representations of the neighborhood, Black Handsworth takes readers inside pubs, churches, political organizations, domestic spaces, and social clubs to shed light on the experiences and everyday lives of black residents during this time. The result is a compelling and sophisticated study of black globality in the making of post-colonial Britain
Note:
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 29. Feb 2020)
,
In English
DOI:
10.1525/9780520971950
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