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OverviewThe Multicultural Midlands is a unique, interdisciplinary study of the literature, music and food that shape the region's irrepressible, though often overlooked, cultural identity. It is the first of its kind to give serious critical attention to a part of the world which is frequently ignored by readers, critics and the culture industries. This book makes a claim for the importance of the Midlands and evidences this with nuanced close reading of a multitude of diverse texts spanning so-called 'high' to 'low' culture; from the Black Country's 'Desi Pubs', to Leicester's 'McIndians' Peri Peri ('you've tried the cowboys, now try the Indians!'); Handsworth's reggae roots to Adrian Mole's diaries. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Tom KewPublisher: Manchester University Press Imprint: Manchester University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.558kg ISBN: 9781526154521ISBN 10: 1526154528 Pages: 272 Publication Date: 17 January 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsIntroduction: A so what? sort of place Nottingham: Writing the ‘rebel’ city Nottingham introduction: 1 Performance poetry, COVID-19 and the new ‘public sphere’ 2 #rebelnotts: literary tourism in Alan Sillitoe’s Nottingham Coda: ‘Ode to a Raleigh Burner’ Leicester: The ‘model’ multicultural city Leicester introduction: 3 Piri piri chicken: ‘demotic cosmopolitanism’ in contemporary Leicester 4 #WeNeedDiverseBooks: diversity in Leicester’s young adult fiction 5 ‘Leicester Leicester/ Fester fester’: at home with Adrian Mole Coda: Brimful of Leicester Birmingham: (re)building the second City Birmingham introduction 6 Is Birmingham a ‘non-place’? 7 ‘Double vision’ in Handsworth Art Coda: ‘Our new layered city’ The West Midlands: from Shakespeare to Syal West Midlands introduction 8 ‘Pathos, politics and paratha’: re-reading West Midlands, South Asian literature 9 The great ‘talent drain’ of the West Midlands: Lenny Henry, Caitlin Moran and Sathnam Sanghera Coda: Desi pubs of the Black Country The self-deprecating conclusion Bibliography Index -- .ReviewsAuthor InformationTom Kew is a lecturer in Hospitality and Visitor Economy Management at Nottingham College, and an independent researcher and creative professional working in events, venue and music management Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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