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Writing Home. Black Writing in Britain Since the War

Writing Home. Black Writing in Britain Since the War

Black Writing in Britain Since the War

by David Ellis
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Age range: 22+ years old Publication Date: 21/05/2007

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When the SS Empire Windrush berthed at Tilbury docks in 1948 with 492 ex-servicemen from the Caribbean, it marked the beginning of the post-war migrations to Britain that would form part of modern, multi-cultural Britain. A significant role in this social transformation would be played by the literary and non-literary output of writers from the Caribbean. These writers in exile were responsible not just for the establishment of the West Indian novel, but, by virtue of their location in the Mother Country, were also the pioneers of black writing in Britain. Over the next fifty years, this writing would come to represent an important body of work intimately aligned to the evolving and contentious notions of 'home' as economic migration became a permanent presence. In this book, David Ellis provides in-depth analyses of six key figures whose writing charts the establishment of black Britain. For Sam Selvon, George Lamming, and E. R. Braithwaite, writing home represents a literature of reappraisal as the myths of empire-the gold-paved streets of London-conflict with the harsh realities of being designated an immigrant. The unresolved consequences of this reappraisal are made evident in the works of Andrew Salkey, Wilson Harris, and Linton Kwesi Johnson where radicalism in both political and literary terms can be read as a response to the rejection of the black communities by an increasingly divided Britain in the 1970s. Finally, the novels of Caryl Phillips, Joan Riley, and David Dabydeen mark an increasingly reflective literature as the notion of home shifts more explicitly from the Caribbean to Britain itself. Containing both contextual and biographical information throughout, "Writing Home" represents a literary and social history of the emergence of black Britain in the second half of the twentieth century.
ISBN:
9783898215916
9783898215916
Category:
Literary studies: from c 1900 -
Age range:
22+ years old
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
21-05-2007
Language:
English
Publisher:
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Country of origin:
Germany
Pages:
240
Dimensions (mm):
210x150x15mm
Weight:
0.34kg
David Ellis

David Ellis has been Director of the University of Sydney's public museums since 2003, and is overseeing the opening of the Chau Chak Wing Museum in 2020. Previously he was program manager for museums at Arts NSW, director of exhibitions at the National Library of Australia and project manager for international touring exhibitions at the International Cultural Corporation of Australia. As an artist he has works in state and national collections.

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