Black British Writing

Nicola Pitchford

Black British Writing

Fordham University

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Abstract

Black British writing is a category, and a concept, that has come into its own only since the 1980s, despite the fact that black people have been living and writing in Britain for hundreds of years. To talk today about “black British writing”—as opposed to “black writing in Britain”—is, first, to point to the existence of a substantial body of work in various genres and, second, to place a frame around such work that identifies Britishness as one of its defining characteristics. The idea of black British writing expands traditional concepts of British literature and identity, raising questions about both what it means to be British and what it means to be black in a British context.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
Editors	David Scott Kastan
Publisher	Oxford University Press
ISBN (Electronic)	9780195307443
ISBN (Print)	9780195169218
State	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

British Literature
Black Writing

Disciplines

Literature in English, British Isles

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