The multicultural Midlands (Global Textualities: Multicultural and Transcultural Narratives) - Tapa dura

Kew, Tom

 
9781526154521: The multicultural Midlands (Global Textualities: Multicultural and Transcultural Narratives)
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ISBN 10: 1526154528 ISBN 13: 9781526154521
Editorial: Manchester University Press, 2023

Sinopsis

The multicultural Midlands is a unique, interdisciplinary study of the literature, music and food that shape the region’s irrepressible, though often overlooked, cultural identity. It is the first of its kind to give serious critical attention to a part of the world which is frequently ignored by readers, critics and the culture industries.

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Tom Kew received his PhD from the University of Leicester, and is an independent researcher based in Nottingham -- .

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The multicultural Midlands is a unique, interdisciplinary study of the literature, music and food that shape the region’s irrepressible, though often overlooked, cultural identity. It is the first of its kind to give serious critical attention to a part of the world which is frequently ignored by readers, critics and the culture industries. This volume makes a claim for the importance of the Midlands and evidences this with nuanced close reading of a multitude of diverse texts spanning so-called ‘high’ to ‘low’ culture; from the Black Country’s ‘Desi Pubs’, to Leicester’s ‘McIndians’ Peri Peri (‘you’ve tried the cowboys, now try the Indians!’); Handsworth’s reggae roots to Adrian Mole’s diaries.

This book shifts the focus of writing about postcolonial and post-war Britain towards the regional. London has long hosted dominant creative narratives, while the Midlands is caught in the middle of a critical landscape that reinforces the reductive notion of a North–South divide. This is the first major study to position the Midlands at the forefront of debates emanating from multiculturalism, devolution and literary economy. Using archival sources and original interviews, the book maps the histories of twentieth century migration onto the major cities of the Midlands – Birmingham, Nottingham, Leicester, Wolverhampton and the surrounding Black Country – exploring how diverse communities have made their mark in cultural, artistic and literary terms.

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Editorial
Manchester University Press
Año de publicación
2023
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1526154528
ISBN 13 
9781526154521
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Número de páginas
270
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