Screen LibraryBlack history - white history : Britain's historical programme between Windrush and Wilberforce /
Britain's recent historical culture is marked by a shift. As a consequence of new political directives, black history began to be mainstreamed into the realm of national history from the late 1990s onwards. Black History - White History assesses a number of manifestations of this new cultural h...
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transcript Verlag,
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| Publisher Address: | Bielefeld : |
| Publication Dates: |
2014. ©2011 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Historische Lebenswelten in populären Wissenskulturen/History in Popular Cultures ;
volume 5 |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.14361/transcript.9783839419359 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9783839419359.jpg |
| Summary: |
Britain's recent historical culture is marked by a shift. As a consequence of new political directives, black history began to be mainstreamed into the realm of national history from the late 1990s onwards. Black History - White History assesses a number of manifestations of this new cultural historiography on screen and on stage, in museums and other accessible sites, emerging in the context of two commemorative events: the Windrush anniversary and the 1807 abolition bicentenary. It inquires into the terms on which the new historical programme could take hold, its sustainability and its representational politics. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (284 pages). |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-279) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9783839419359 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | HT1581 |
| CLC: | K095.61 |
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Frontmatter -- Editorial -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Citations -- Introduction -- 1. Discovering a Past for the Present -- 2. Historical Culture and Social Communication -- 3. Popular Re/Presentation of History and Its Media -- 4. Key Aims and Questions -- 1. Remembering and Forgetting Slavery -- 2. Screening Slavery and the Slave Trade before the Bicentenary -- 3. Simon Schama s Rough Crossings: From Popular History Book to Television History -- 4. The Abolition as Costume Film: Amazing Grace Black History with a White Hero -- 5. Setting a Critical Tone: In Search of William Wilberforce -- 6. Doing an Anniversary : The Event Culture Surrounding 2007 -- 7. The Impact of 2007 Slavery and the Slave Trade in British Museums -- 8. Family Matters: Genealogy as Popular (Black) History -- 1. Screening and Staging an Arrival -- 2. Family, Sport and Period in Wondrous Oblivion -- 3. Notting Hill in a Historical Crime Serial -- 4. Migration as Heritage Drama? Small Island -- 5. Migration History as Entertainment? Trends in Contemporary British Theatre -- 6. The Windrush Story as Musical -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index. |