Black Handsworth : race in 1980s Britain / Kieran Connell.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Connell, Kieran, author.

Series:

Berkeley series in British studies ; 15.

Berkeley Series in British Studies ; 15

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Black people--England--Birmingham--Social conditions--20th century.

Black people.

Social conditions.

Handsworth (Birmingham, England)--Social conditions--20th century.

Handsworth (Birmingham, England).

Handsworth (Birmingham, England)--Race relations--History--20th century.

Black people--Social conditions.

Race relations.

England--Birmingham.

England--Birmingham--Handsworth.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xiii, 220 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]

Summary:

"This book takes the reader inside the pubs, churches, political organizations, and social clubs of a black community in 1980s Britain. It shows how, for both the Windrush generation and their British-born children, the diasporic inheritance was a core cultural and political influence. In Handsworth, an inner-city area of Birmingham, residents looked out across the black Atlantic in order to navigate the many inequalities of the locale. In the context of Britain's enduring inability to come to terms with the legacies of empire, a black transnational sensibility emerged as a powerful feature of its urban landscapes. Black Handsworth is one compelling chapter in the much wider, unfinished story of the making of post-colonial Britain"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Shades of black : political and community groups

Visualizing Handsworth : the politics of representation

Dread culture : africa in Handsworth

Leisure and sociability : the black everyday

Epilogue.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Connell, Kieran. Black Handsworth.

ISBN:

9780520300668

0520300661

9780520300316

0520300319

9780520300323

0520300327

OCLC:

1048046635