Description
| Product ID: | 9780190909949 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities |
| Title: | London is the Place for Me |
| Subtitle: | Black Britons, Citizenship and the Politics of Race |
| Authors: | Author: Kennetta Hammond Perry |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | European history, British & Irish history, History, Ethnic studies, Civics and citizenship, Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Black & Asian studies, Civil rights & citizenship, United Kingdom, Great Britain, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period), 21st century |
| Description: | In London Is The Place for Me, Kennetta Hammond Perry explores how Afro-Caribbean migrants navigated the politics of race and citizenship in Britain and reconfigured the boundaries of what it meant to be both Black and British at a critical juncture in the history of Empire and twentieth century transnational race politics. Black people in the British Empire have long challenged the notion that "there ain''t no black in the Union Jack." For the post-World War II wave of Afro-Caribbean migrants, many of whom had long been subjects of the Empire, claims to a British identity and imperial citizenship were considered to be theirs by birthright. However, while Britain was internationally touted as a paragon of fair play and equal justice, they arrived in a nation that was frequently hostile and unwilling to incorporate Black people into its concept of what it meant to be British. In London Is The Place for Me, Kennetta Hammond Perry brings together a variety of sources including calypso music, photographs, migrant narratives, and records of grassroots Black political organizations to explores how Afro-Caribbean migrants navigated the politics of race and citizenship in Britain. Her examination expands our understanding of race and the Black experience in Europe and uncovers the critical role that Black people played in the formation of contemporary British society. |
| Imprint Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Publisher Name: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2018-09-27 |