Black Star : Britain's Asian Youth Movements / Anandi Ramamurthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramamurthy, Anandi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Asians--Great Britain.

South Asians.

Youth movements.

Asians.

Great Britain.

Asians--Great Britain.

Youth movements--Great Britain.

Physical Description:

x, 226 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2013.

Summary:

Black Star is a vibrant history of the anti-racist campaigns of the British Asian youth movements of 1970s and 80s. Anandi Ramamurthy documents how the movements struggled against the racism of both the street and the state. Ramamurthy shows how the struggle to make Britain 'home' led to a broad-based identity where 'black' was a political colour inspiring unity amongst all those struggling against racism. The book demonstrates how by the late 1980s this broad based black identity disintegrated as Islamophobia became a new form of racism. In the process the legacy of the Asian youth movements has been largely hidden. Black Star retrieves this history and demonstrates its importance for political struggles in Britain today. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 The Birth of the Youth Movements 10

3 The Movement Spreads 30

4 A Heterogenous Collectivity 65

5 Campaigning Against the Immigration Laws 97

6 Bradford 12 - Self-Defence is No Offence 120

7 The Later Youth Movements and the Drive Towards State Funding 148

8 New Organisations and New Identities 171

9 The Asian Youth Movements and Politics Today 193.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780745333496

0745333494

9780745333489

0745333486

OCLC:

840465657