Black, Listed: Black British Culture Explored - Couverture souple

Boakye, Jeffrey

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349700567 ISBN 13 : 9780349700564

Editeur : Dialogue Books, 2019

Synopsis

AFRO-CARIBBEAN. COLOURED. ETHNIC MINORITY. IMMIGRANT. BAME. URBAN. WOKE. FAM. BLACK.

These are just some of the terms being wrestled with in Black, Listed, an exploration of twenty-first century Black identity told through a list of insults, insights and everything in between.

Taking a panoramic look at global Black history and contemporary culture, this book investigates the ways in which Black communities (and individuals) have been represented, oppressed, mimicked, celebrated and othered. Part autobiographical musing, part pop culture vivisection, it's a comprehensive attempt to make sense of blackness from the vantage point of the hilarious and insightful psyche of Jeffrey Boakye.

PRAISE FOR BLACK, LISTED:

'This book gives a voice to those whose experience is persistently defined, refined and denied by others' David Lammy, Guardian

'A panoramic exploration of black identity' Elle

'Urgent, timely reading' AnOther Magazine

'Inventive, refreshing and humorous' Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other

'A truly radical book, which manages to be unflinching and constantly entertaining' Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jeffrey Boakye is a writer and teacher originally from Brixton in south London, now living in Yorkshire with his wife and two sons. He has a particular interest in issues surrounding education, race and popular culture. Jeffrey has taught English in secondary schools and sixth form colleges since 2007. His first book, Hold Tight: Black Masculinity, Millennials, and the Meaning of Grime was published in 2017. Black, Listed is is his second book.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

AFRO-CARIBBEAN. COLOURED. ETHNIC MINORITY. IMMIGRANT. BAME. URBAN. WOKE. FAM. BLACK.

These are just some of the terms being wrestled with in Black, Listed, an exploration of twenty-first century Black identity told through a list of insults, insights and everything in between.

Taking a panoramic look at global Black history and contemporary culture, this book investigates the ways in which Black communities (and individuals) have been represented, oppressed, mimicked, celebrated and othered. Part autobiographical musing, part pop culture vivisection, it's a comprehensive attempt to make sense of blackness from the vantage point of the hilarious and insightful psyche of Jeffrey Boakye.

'A truly radical book' The Bookseller

'As entertaining as it is politically weighty' Independent

'Intense and compelling . . . Jeffrey Boakye bravely explores the ways in which people with darker skin are located in language' Guardian

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Dialogue Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0349700567
• ISBN 13: 9780349700564
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 416
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Hachette Ireland; info@hbgi.ie; ; 8 Castlecourt Centre, Castleknock Road, Castleknock; Dublin 15; D15 XTP3; Irlande