Black Handsworth - Kieran Connell
| Автор: | Kieran Connell |
| Издательство: | Ingram |
| Серия: | Berkeley Series in British Studies |
| Жанр произведения: | Историческая литература |
| Год издания: | 0 |
| isbn: | 9780520971950 |
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 Atlantic toward 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, <I>Black Handsworth </I>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.<BR />