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Description for Black Britain
Paperback. People of African and Caribbean descent have inhabited Great Britain for centuries. Professor Paul Gilroy has assembled a living visual history of their social life in the modern British Isles. Published in association with Getty Images,this volume faeture 321 b&w photographs, commentary by Paul Gilroy and a preface from Professor Stuart Hall. Num Pages: 320 pages, 321 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DB; AJC; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 267 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1336.
Black people have inhabited the British Isles for centuries. Eminent professor Paul Gilroy, renowned for his work exploring the social and cultural dimensions of British blackness and black Britishness, has assembled a living visual history of their social life in the modern British Isles. Watershed moments include the rise and commercial circulation of black culture and music, the world wars, the Manchester Pan African Congress, the historic settlement of the Windrush generation and the riots of the 1980s. Luminaries drawn from politics, art and sport appear alongside many pioneers - the first Jamaican immigrant to Brixton, London's first `Caribbean Carnival', ... Read more
Black people have inhabited the British Isles for centuries. Eminent professor Paul Gilroy, renowned for his work exploring the social and cultural dimensions of British blackness and black Britishness, has assembled a living visual history of their social life in the modern British Isles. Watershed moments include the rise and commercial circulation of black culture and music, the world wars, the Manchester Pan African Congress, the historic settlement of the Windrush generation and the riots of the 1980s. Luminaries drawn from politics, art and sport appear alongside many pioneers - the first Jamaican immigrant to Brixton, London's first `Caribbean Carnival', ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Saqi Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
1317g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780863565403
SKU
V9780863565403
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Ref
99-6
About Paul Gilroy
Paul Gilroy is the Anthony Giddens Professor of Social Theory at the London School of Economics. His other books include There Ain't No Black In The Union Jack, The Black Atlantic and After Empire. Stuart Hall is a visionary theorist of culture, race and ethnicity. His other books include Encoding and Decoding in the Television Discourse, Resistance Through Rituals and ... Read more
Reviews for Black Britain
'Gilroy's commentary is tart and learned; this is the rare book that would sit as easily on coffee tables as on university syllabuses.' Daily Telegraph; 'Black Britain is a testament to the strength black people in this country have shown in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.' Metro