The Heart of the Race: Black Women's Lives in Britain
Beverley Bryan & Stella Dadzie & Suzanne Scafe
Book 7 of Feminist Classics
Language: English
Publisher: Verso Books
Published: Aug 14, 2018
Words:
101142
Flesch:
68.79
DDC:
305.48896041
FAST Tags:
Great Britain,
Black people,
Women; Black,
Women; Black--Social life and customs,
Women; Black--Social conditions
LCC:
DA125.N4
Book Details
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Description:
A powerful document of the day-to-day realities of Black women in Britain
The Heart of the Race is a powerful corrective to a version of Britain’s history from which black women have long been excluded. It reclaims and records black women’s place in that history, documenting their day-to-day struggles, their experiences of education, work and health care, and the personal and political struggles they have waged to preserve a sense of identity and community. First published in 1985 and winner of the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize that year, The Heart of the Race is a testimony to the collective experience of black women in Britain, and their relationship to the British state throughout its long history of slavery, empire and colonialism.
This new edition includes a foreword by Lola Okolosie and an interview with the authors, chaired by Heidi Safia Mirza, focusing on the impact of their book since publication and its continuing relevance today.