Black British Culture and Society a Text-Reader
- List Price: $170.00
- Binding: Hardcover
- Publisher: Routledge
- Publish date: 11/01/1999
Contributors explore key facets of Black experience, charting Black Britons' struggles to carve out their own identity and status in an often hostile society. From performance poetry and the politics of Black hairstyles to problems of health and economics, articles embrace a range of issues and themes such as popular culture sport, religion, education, carnival, community and race relations, and examines the tense relationship between successful Black public figures and the media. Featuring interviews with noted Black artists and writers such as Caryl Phillips, and including articles from key contemporary thinkers, Black British Culture and Society explores the Black community's distinctive contribution to cultural life in Britain today.
