Black British Writing

Lauri Ramey, R. Arana

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Year: 2004
• Print ISBN: 9781403965554
• eBook ISBN: 9781403981134
• Topic: Literatura
• Subtopic: Idiomas

This collection of essays provides an imaginative international perspective on ways to incorporate black British writing and culture in the study of English literature, and presents theoretically sophisticated and practical strategies for doing so. It offers a pedagogical, pragmatic and ideological introduction to the field for those without background, and an integrated body of current and stimulating essays for those who are already knowledgeable. Contributors to this volume include scholars and writers from Britain and the U.S. Following on recent developments in African American literature, postcolonial studies and race studies, the contributors invite readers to imagine an enhanced and inclusive British canon through varied essays providing historical information, critical analysis, cultural perspective, and extensive annotated bibliographies for further study.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Narrating the Africanist Presence in the Early Modern Survey of English Literature
• Chapter 2 Sea Change: Historicizing the Scholarly Study of Black British Writing
• Chapter 3 The Politics of Teaching Black and British
• Chapter 4 The Evolution of Black London
• Chapter 5 Identity and Belonging in Contemporary Black British Writing
• Chapter 6 Transformations Within the Black British Novel
• Chapter 7 Contemporary Black British Poetry
• Chapter 8 The Sociopolitics of Black Britain in the Work of Buchi Emecheta
• Chapter 9 Deterritorialization, Black British Writers, and the Case of Ben Okri
• Chapter 10 The Black Man and the Dark Lady: The Imaginary African in Early Modern and Modern British Writers
• Chapter 11 A Black Briton’s View of Black British Literature and Scholarship
• Contributors’ Notes