The Multicultural Midlands - Rilegato

Kew, Tom

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 1526154528 ISBN 13: 9781526154521

Casa editrice: Manchester Univ Pr, 2023

Riassunto

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 book 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.

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Informazioni sull?autore

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.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Manchester Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2023
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1526154528
• ISBN 13: 9781526154521
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 262
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