Openings, absences and omissions

Aspects of the treatment of 'race', culture and ethnicity in British cultural studies

Bibliographic Data

ID2165286
AuthorsRoxy Harris (corresponding author)
Year1996
Volume10
Issue2
Pages334-344
Publication date1996-05-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCultural Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0950-2386 • E-ISSN: 1466-4348
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/09502389600490201
OpenAlexW2012654275
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited12

British cultural studies has, in an innovative and exciting way over the last three or four decades, opened up spaces for the serious analysis of many aspects of culture, including those inextricably related to questions of ‘race’, ethnicity and subordinated groups in urban environments in Britain. However, there have been a number of weaknesses and omissions with regard to Britain's black, Caribbean-descended population. Some of these are possibly the result of earlier, unresolved theoretical and methodological disputes within the field of cultural studies; others stem, perhaps, from an over-reliance on approaches arising out of youth subcultural analytical frameworks. Consequently, less than the required attention has been paid to the active cultures of achievement developed by the adult, black working-class population of Caribbean descent in Britain from the 1950s to the 1990s

African descent · Ethnic group · Ethnology · Population · Race (biology · Sociology · Anthropology · Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Cultural Studies · Demography · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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