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Chapter 8 ‘Race’, racism and representation
identities, in the forms of white racism and black resistance, are the most volatile
political forces in Britain today (2002: 339).
Further reading
Storey, John (ed.), Cultural Theory and Popular Culture: A Reader, 4th edition, Harlow:
Pearson Education, 2009. This is the companion volume to this book. It contains
examples of most of the work discussed here. This book and the companion Reader
are supported by an interactive website (www.pearsoned.co.uk/storey). The website
has links to other useful sites and electronic resources.
Baker, Houston A. Jr, Manthia Diawara and Ruth H. Lindeborg (eds), Black British
Cultural Studies: A Reader, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1996. A very interesting
collection of essays.
Dent, Gina (ed.), Black Popular Culture, Seattle: Bay Press, 1992. A very useful collection
of essays.
Dittmar, Linda and Michaud, Gene (eds), From Hanoi To Hollywood: The Vietnam War
in American Film, New Brunswick and London: Rutgers University Press, 1990. The
best collection of work on Hollywood’s Vietnam.
Fryer, Peter, Staying Power: The History of Black People in Britain, London: Pluto, 1984.
A brilliant book.
Gandhi, Leela, Postcolonial Theory: A Critical Introduction, Edinburgh: Edinburgh
University Press, 1998. A good introduction to post-colonial theory.
Gilroy, Paul, There Ain’t No Black in the Union Jack, London: Routledge, 1987/2002.
One of the classic cultural studies encounters with ‘race’.
Gilroy, Paul, The Black Atlantic, London: Verso, 1993. A brilliant argument against
‘cultural absolutism’.
Williams, Patrick and Laura Chrisman (eds), Colonial Discourse and Post-Colonial Theory:
A Reader, Harlow: Prentice Hall, 1993. An interesting collection of essays on postcolonial
theory.