Black star : Britain's Asian youth movements / Anandi Ramamurthy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramamurthy, Anandi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Asians--Great Britain--History--20th century.

South Asians.

Asians--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Asians.

Youth movements--Great Britain--History--20th century.

Youth movements.

Great Britain--Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (241 p.)

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Black Star documents the vibrant Asian Youth Movements in 1970s and 80s Britain who struggled against the racism of the street and the state. Anandi Ramamurthy shows how they drew inspiration from Black Power movements as well as anti-imperialist and workers' struggles across the globe. This book is populated by landmark events in anti-racist struggle, from the Grunwick strike, to the Handsworth riots, and the acquittal of the Bradford 12. Ramamurthy writes of the evolution of a politicised Asian youth in Britain, focussing particularly on how the struggle to make Britain 'home' led to the conception of a broad-based identity inspiring unity amongst all those struggling against racism: 'political blackness'. Ramamurthy documents how by the late 1980s this broad based black identity disintegrated as Islamophobia became a new form of racism and how 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 today.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-220) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781849649469

1849649464

9781849649452

1849649456

OCLC:

861529336