The West Indian Generation - 9781786940032

The West Indian GenerationRemaking British Culture in London, 19451965\nAuthor(s): Amanda Bidnall\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Liverpool University Press\nISBN-13: 9781786940032, 978-1786940032\nSynopsis\nBetween Britains imperial victory in the Second World War and its introduction of race-based immigration restriction at home, Londons relationship with its burgeoning West Indian settler community was a cauldron of apprehension, optimism, ignorance, and curiosity.\n\nThe West Indian Generation: Remaking British Culture in London, [tel] revisits this not-quite-postcolonial moment through the careers of a unique generation of West Indian artists that included actors Earl Cameron, Edric Connor, Pearl Connor, Cy Grant, Ronald Moody, Barry and Lloyd Reckord, and calypso greats Lord Beginner and Lord Kitchener. Colonial subjects turned British citizens, they tested the parameters of cultural belonging through their work.\n\nDrawing upo.