Black 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 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.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
Seite 1 -
Editorial
Seiten 2 - 4 -
Contents
Seiten 5 - 6 -
Acknowledgments
Seiten 7 - 8 -
Note on Citations
Seiten 9 - 10 -
Introduction
Seiten 11 - 14 -
PART I: Between Public and Popular: Approaching a Black British History
1. Discovering a Past for the Present
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2. Historical Culture and Social Communication
Seiten 37 - 46 -
3. Popular Re/Presentation of History and Its Media
Seiten 47 - 52 -
4. Key Aims and Questions
Seiten 53 - 54 -
PART II: The Bicentenary Effect: How the Slave Trade, Slavery and Abolition Went Public
1. Remembering and Forgetting Slavery
Seiten 57 - 64 -
2. Screening Slavery and the Slave Trade before the Bicentenary
Seiten 65 - 80 -
3. Simon Schama's Rough Crossings: From Popular History Book to Television History
Seiten 81 - 98 -
4. The Abolition as Costume Film: Amazing Grace - Black History with a White Hero
Seiten 99 - 114 -
5. Setting a Critical Tone: In Search of William Wilberforce
Seiten 115 - 120 -
6. ›Doing an Anniversary‹: The Event Culture Surrounding 2007
Seiten 121 - 134 -
7. The Impact of 2007 - Slavery and the Slave Trade in British Museums
Seiten 135 - 162 -
8. Family Matters: Genealogy as Popular (Black) History
Seiten 163 - 180 -
PART III: Keeping Post-War Migration Visible: The Windrush Story in the Twenty-First Century
1. Screening and Staging an Arrival
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2. Family, Sport and Period in Wondrous Oblivion
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3. Notting Hill in a Historical Crime Serial
Seiten 199 - 206 -
4. Migration as Heritage Drama? Small Island
Seiten 207 - 230 -
5. Migration History as Entertainment? Trends in Contemporary British Theatre
Seiten 231 - 238 -
6. The Windrush Story as Musical
Seiten 239 - 250 -
Conclusion
Seiten 251 - 254 -
Bibliography
Seiten 255 - 278 -
Index
Seiten 279 - 284
16 November 2011, 284 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8376-1935-5
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