Black History - White History: Britain's Historical Programme Between Windrush and Wilberforce

By Barbara Korte and Eva Ulrike Pirker

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3837619354
• ISBN13: 9783837619355
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Transcript Publishing
• Length: 284 Pages
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher