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This much-needed collection examines the formation of a black British canon including writers, dramatists, film-makers and artists. Contributors including John McLeod, Michael McMillan, Mike Phillips and Alison Donnell discuss the textual, political and cultural history of black British and the term 'black British' itself.
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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Foreword: Migration, Modernity and English Writing — Reflections on Migrant Identity and Canon Formation
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Interrogating the Canon
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New Languages of Criticism
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Genealogies and Interventions
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About the authors
SANDRA COURTMAN Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Staffordshire University, UK
ALISON DONNELL Senior Lecturer in Postcolonial Literatures, Nottingham Trent University, UK
FEMI FOLORUNSO Arts Development Officer, Scottish Arts Council, Edinburgh, UK
JOHN MCLEOD Lecturer in English, University of Leeds, UK
MICHAEL MCMILLAN Playwright (TV and theatre) and Academic Writer
MIKE PHILLIPS Academic, Writer, Broadcaster, Journalist, Critic and award-winning Crime Writer; also Cross-Cultural Curator at the Tate Gallery, London
JAMES PROCTER Lecturer in English Studies, University of Stirling, UK
LEON R. WAINWRIGHT Research Fellow in Art History, University of Sussex, UK
ANDY WOOD Currently completing Doctoral dissertation on Black British Culture, University of Dundee, UK
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Book Title: A Black British Canon?
Editors: Gail Low, Marion Wynne-Davies
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230625693
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-4268-5Published: 31 October 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-52156-2Published: 01 January 2006
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-62569-3Published: 31 October 2006
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 213
Topics: British and Irish Literature, Postcolonial/World Literature, Literary Theory, Cultural Theory, Fiction, Ethnicity Studies