A Black British Canon?

by Low, Gail; Wynne-Davies, Marion

• ISBN13: 9781403942685
• ISBN10: 1403942684
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-11-28
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

Providing a useful overview of the current state of black British writing and pointing towards future developments in the field, this edited collection examines the formation of a black British Canon including writers, dramatists, filmmakers and artists. The essays included discuss the textual, political and cultural history of black British and the term "black British" itself.

Author Biography

Gail Low is Lecturer, Department of English, University of Dundee.

Table of Contents

Introduction: G.Low & M.Wynne-Davies * PART I: INTERROGATING THE CANON * What is this 'popular' in Black and British Asian Popular Culture?; J.Proctor * Not Good Enough or Not Man Enough?: Beryl Gilroy as the Anomaly in the Evolving Black British Canon; S.Courtman * In the Eyes of the Beholder: Black Presence and the Cultural Politics of Canon Re-Formation in Britain; F.Folorunso * PART II: NEW LANGUAGES OF CRITICISM * 'Wheel and Come Again': Black British Writing in a Transnational Frame; J.McLeod * 'New Forms': Towards a Critical Dialogue with Black British 'Popular' Fictions; A.Wood * PART III: GENEALOGIES AND INTERVENTIONS * Art and Artists of the Caribbean Diaspora in Britain and the Canon Debate; L.R.Wainwright * Black British Filmmaking and Canon Formation; P.Williams * A Black British Theatre Canon; M.McMillan * Publishing: The Black Experience; G.Low * PART IV: OVERVIEW * Nation and Contestation: Towards a Black British Canon?; A.Donnell * Index

Introduction--G.Low & M.Wynne-Davies * PART I: INTERROGATING THE CANON * What is this 'popular' in Black and British Asian Popular Culture?--J.Proctor * Not Good Enough or Not Man Enough?: Beryl Gilroy as the Anomaly in the Evolving Black British Canon--S.Courtman * In the Eyes of the Beholder: Black Presence and the Cultural Politics of Canon Re-Formation in Britain--F.Folorunso * PART II: NEW LANGUAGES OF CRITICISM * 'Wheel and Come Again': Black British Writing in a Transnational Frame--J.McLeod * 'New Forms': Towards a Critical Dialogue with Black British 'Popular' Fictions--A.Wood * PART III: GENEALOGIES AND INTERVENTIONS * Art and Artists of the Caribbean Diaspora in Britain and the Canon Debate--L.R.Wainwright * Black British Filmmaking and Canon Formation--P.Williams * A Black British Theatre Canon--M.McMillan * Publishing: The Black Experience--G.Low * PART IV: OVERVIEW * Nation and Contestation: Towards a Black British Canon?--A.Donnell * Index