Roots & Culture: Cultural Politics in the Making of Black Britain

by Eddie Chambers

How did a distinct and powerful Black British identity emerge? In the 1950s, when many Caribbean migrants came to Britain, there was no such recognised entity as "Black Britain." Yet by the 1980s, the cultural landscape had radically changed, and a remarkable array of creative practices such as theatre, poetry, literature, music and the visual arts gave voice to striking new articulations of Black-British identity. This new book chronicles the extraordinary...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1784536172
• ISBN13: 9781784536176
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.4" x 8.4"