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BL
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1012011
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b766381
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A Black British canon? /\ edited by Gail Low and Marion Wynne-Davies.
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| Publication Statement
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ;New York, N.Y. :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2006.
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xiii, 213 pages ;; 23 cm
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023062569X
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: 1403942684
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: 9780230625693
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: 9781403942685
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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.
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Blacks in literature.
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Blacks-- Great Britain-- Intellectual life.
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Canon (Literature)
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English literature-- Black authors-- History and criticism.
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Blacks in literature.
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Blacks-- Intellectual life.
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Canon (Literature)
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English literature-- Black authors.
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Geistesleben.
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Kanon.
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Literatur.
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Littérature britannique-- Auteurs noirs.
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Littérature-- Auteurs noirs.
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Schwarze.
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Bellettrie.
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Negers.
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Great Britain.
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Großbritannien.
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| Dewey Classification
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820.9/896041
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| LC Classification
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PR120.B55B575 2006
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18.05bcl
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18.05.bcl
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| Added Entry
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Low, Gail Ching-Liang,1960-
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Wynne-Davies, Marion.
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