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WRITE BLACK, WRITE BRITISH
FROM POST COLONIAL TO BLACK BRITISH LITERATURE |
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Kadija Sesay (Editor) |
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| ISBN 10: |
1870518063 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781870518062 |
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| Publisher: |
HANSIB PUBLICATIONS LIMITED |
| Pub. date: |
6 October, 2005 |
| Pages: |
384 |
| Description: |
AN EXAMINATION OF BLACK BRITISH WRITING FROM A BLACK BRITISH PERSPECTIVE Write Black, Write British: From Post Colonial to Black British Literature examines the new Black British writers in Britain, born in Britain, writing about Britain from a specific British perspective. This collection of essays puts the work of British-born writers of African and Caribbean parentage, who published first collections in the late eighties and nineties, under a magnifying glass. Themes of alienation, belonging, gender politics, identity, language, madness, and race reverberate yet with a peculiar variance than that of post colonial writers. Included are essays on Diran Adebayo, Patience Agbabi, Jackie Kay, Andrea Levy, Leone Ross, Dorothea Smartt, Zadie Smith and Benjamin Zephaniah. |
| Synopsis: |
An examination of the new black British writers in Britain, born in Britain and writing about Britain from a specific British perspective. This collection of essays puts the work of British-born writers of African and Caribbean parentage, under the microscope. Themes of alienation, belonging, gender politics, identity, language, madness and race reverberate with a peculiar variance than that of other post-colonial writers. Included are essays on Andrea Levy, Zadie Smith, Benjamin Zephaniah, Leone Ross and Jackie Kay. |
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UK |
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Hansib Publications Limited |
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