A Black British Canon?

Providing a useful overview of the current state of black British writing and pointing towards future developments in the field, this edited collection examines the formation of a black British Canon including writers, dramatists, filmmakers and artists. The essays included discuss the textual, political and cultural history of black British and the term "black British" itself.

Introduction: G.Low & M.Wynne-Davies * PART I: INTERROGATING THE CANON * What is this 'popular' in Black and British Asian Popular Culture?; J.Proctor * Not Good Enough or Not Man Enough?: Beryl Gilroy as the Anomaly in the Evolving Black British Canon; S.Courtman * In the Eyes of the Beholder: Black Presence and the Cultural Politics of Canon Re-Formation in Britain; F.Folorunso * PART II: NEW LANGUAGES OF CRITICISM * 'Wheel and Come Again': Black British Writing in a Transnational Frame; J.McLeod * 'New Forms': Towards a Critical Dialogue with Black British 'Popular' Fictions; A.Wood * PART III: GENEALOGIES AND INTERVENTIONS * Art and Artists of the Caribbean Diaspora in Britain and the Canon Debate; L.R.Wainwright * Black British Filmmaking and Canon Formation; P.Williams * A Black British Theatre Canon; M.McMillan * Publishing: The Black Experience; G.Low * PART IV: OVERVIEW * Nation and Contestation: Towards a Black British Canon?; A.Donnell * Index Introduction--G.Low & M.Wynne-Davies * PART I: INTERROGATING THE CANON * What is this 'popular' in Black and British Asian Popular Culture?--J.Proctor * Not Good Enough or Not Man Enough?: Beryl Gilroy as the Anomaly in the Evolving Black British Canon--S.Courtman * In the Eyes of the Beholder: Black Presence and the Cultural Politics of Canon Re-Formation in Britain--F.Folorunso * PART II: NEW LANGUAGES OF CRITICISM * 'Wheel and Come Again': Black British Writing in a Transnational Frame--J.McLeod * 'New Forms': Towards a Critical Dialogue with Black British 'Popular' Fictions--A.Wood * PART III: GENEALOGIES AND INTERVENTIONS * Art and Artists of the Caribbean Diaspora in Britain and the Canon Debate--L.R.Wainwright * Black British Filmmaking and Canon Formation--P.Williams * A Black British Theatre Canon--M.McMillan * Publishing: The Black Experience--G.Low * PART IV: OVERVIEW * Nation and Contestation: Towards a Black British Canon?--A.Donnell * Index