1st Edition

Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture

Edited By Alison Donnell Copyright 2002
384 Pages
by Routledge

384 Pages
by Routledge

384 Pages
by Routledge

The Companion to Contemporary Black British Culture is the first comprehensive reference book to provide multidisciplinary coverage of the field of black cultural production in Britain. The publication is of particular value because despite attracting growing academic interest in recent years, this field is still often subject to critical and institutional neglect. For the purpose of the... Read more
Entries include: L^Oswald Boateng
David A. Bailey
Bhangra
Naomi Campbell
Channel 4
Feminism
Live Art
Jungle
Hanif Kureishi
Photography
Notting Hill Carnival
SuAndi
The Voice
Windrush
Youth culture

Biography

Alison Donnell is a senior lecturer in postcolonial literatures at Nottingham Trent University. She is co-editor of The Routledge Reader in Caribbean Literature(1996) and joint editor of Interventions: International Journal of Postcolonial Studies.

'This companion will be welcomed by anyone interested in black British culture - it fills a gap, and is unequalled in its comprehensiveness and depth. This remarkable companion is packed with information and revelations, and will surely become an indispensable guide to anyone researching black British cultural production.' - Modern Humanities Research Association

'Contributors give a very personal view of the subjects and do not shy away from controversy or issues such as racism. Fascinating...this volume deserves to be in all collections on culture or contemporary British society.' - Choice