This electronic version has been made available under a Creative Commons (BY-NC-ND) open access license. The first comprehensive discussion of the major Caribbean thinkers who came to Britain. Written in an accessible, lively style, with a range of wonderful and distinguished authors. Key book for thinking about the future of multicultural Britain; study thus far has concentrated on Caribbean literature and how authors ‘write back’ to Britain – this book is the first to consider how they ‘think back’ to Britain. A book of the moment – nothing comparable on the Carribean influence on Britain.. Discusses the influence, amongst others, of C. L. R. James, Una Marson, George Lamming, Jean Rhys, Claude Mc Kay and V. S. Naipaul.
Tabella dei contenuti
General editor’s introduction Notes on contributors Acknowledgements Introduction. Crossing the seas – Bill Schwarz 1. What is a West Indian? – Catherine Hall 2. ‘To do something for the race’. Harold Moody and the League of Coloured Peoples – David Killingray 3. A race outcast from an outcast class. Claude Mc Kay’s experience and analysis of Britain – Winston James 4. Jean Rhys: West Indian intellectual – Helen Carr 5. Una Marson: feminism, anti-colonialism and a forgotten fight for freedom – Alison Donnell 6. George Padmore – Bill Schwarz 7. C. L. R. James: visions of history, visions of Britain – Stephen Howe 8. George Lamming – Mary Chamberlain 9. ‘This is London calling the West Indies’. The BBC’s Caribbean Voices – Glyne Griffith 10. The Caribbean Artists Movement – Louis James 11. V. S. Naipaul – Sue Thomas Afterword: the predicament of history – Bill Schwarz Index
Circa l’autore
John Mac Kenzie is Emeritus Professor of Imperial History, Lancaster University and holds Honorary Professorships at Aberdeen, St Andrews and Stirling, as well as an Honorary Fellowship at Edinburgh.
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