Foreword: migration, modernity and English writing : reflections on migrant identity and canon formation / Mike Phillips -- Interrogating the canon: 'The ghost of other stories' : Salman Rushdie and the question of canonicity? / James Procter ; Not good enough or not man enough? : Beryl Gilroy as the anomaly in the evolving 'black British canon' / Sandra Courtman ; In the eyes of the beholder : diversity and cultural politics of conon reformation in Britain / Femi Folorunso in conversation with Gail Low and Marion Wynne-Davies (9 Dec. 2004) -- New languages of criticism: Fantasy relationships : black British canons in a transnational world / John McLeod ; 'New forms' : towards a critical dialogue with black British 'popular' fictions / Andy Wood -- Genealogies and interventions: Texts of cultural practice : black theatre and performance in the UK / Michael McMillan ; Canon questions : art in 'black Britain' / Leon Wainwright ; 'Shaping connections' : from West Indian to black British / Gail Low ; Afterword: in praise of a black British canon and the possibilities of representing the nation 'otherwise' / Alison Donnell.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
Providing an overview of the state of black British writing and pointing towards future developments in the field, this collection examines the formation of a black British canon including writers, dramatists, film-makers and artists.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Blacks-- Great Britain-- Intellectual life.
Blacks in literature.
Canon (Literature)
English literature-- Black authors-- History and criticism.