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Dwelling Places: Postwar Black British Writing
Contributor(s): Procter, James (Author)
ISBN: 0719060540     ISBN-13: 9780719060540
Publisher: Manchester University Press
OUR PRICE:   $28.45  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: July 2003
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Annotation: "Dwelling Places" explores some of the key venues of black British literary and cultural production across the postwar period: bedsits and basements; streets and cafes; train stations and tourist landscapes; the suburbs and the city; the north and south. Extending from central London to the outskirts of Glasgow, the book pursues a "devolving" landscape in order to consider what an analysis of "dwelling" might contribute to the travelling theories of diaspora discourse. What happens, for example, when we "situate" literatures of movement and migration? There are fresh readings of work by some of the key literary figures of the postwar years, including Sam Selvon, George Lamming, Linton Kwesi Johnson, Farrukh Dhondy, Hanif Kureishi, Salman Rushdie, Meera Syal and Jackie Kay. These writings are explored alongside a range of non-literary material, including photography, painting and film, in order to consider their relation to broader shifts in the politics of black representation over the past fifty years. This book will appeal to students of British and postcolonial literature.

Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | American - African American
- Social Science | Black Studies (global)
Dewey: 820.989
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 5.36" W x 8.68" (0.65 lbs) 224 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
 
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Explores some of the key venues of black British literary and cultural production across the postwar period: bedsits and basements; streets and cafes; train stations and tourist landscapes; the suburbs and the city; the north and south. Pursues a 'devolving' landscape in order to consider what
an analysis of 'dwelling' might contribute to the travelling theories of diaspora discourse and asks what happens when we 'situate' literatures of movement and migration. Offers fresh readings of work by some of the key literary figures of the postwar years, for example, Salman Rushdie, Hanif
Kureishi, Meera Syal, Linton Kwesi Johnson. Contextualises writings alongside photography, painting, and film to consider their relationship to broader shifts in the politics of black representation over the past fifty years. Offers sustained anaysis of many of the texts reproduced in Procter's
anthology Writing black Britain 1948-98 ( MUP, 2000) making an ideal companion to the earlier book.