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Author Ramamurthy, Anandi.

Title Black Star : Britain's Asian youth movements / Anandi Ramamurthy
Published London : Pluto Press, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (241 pages) : illustrations
Summary Black Star documents the vibrant Asian Youth Movements in 1970s and 80s Britain who struggled against the racism of the street and the state. Anandi Ramamurthy shows how they drew inspiration from Black Power movements as well asanti-imperialist and workers' struggles across the globe. Drawing on her intimate knowledge and extensive research, Ramamurthy shows how the struggle to make Britain 'home' led to a broad-based identity where 'black' was a political colour inspiringunity amongst all those struggling against racism. Ramamurthy documents how by the late 1980s this broad based black identity disintegrated as Islamophobia became a new form of racism. In the process the legacy of the Asian Youth Movements has beenlargely hidden. Black Star retrieves this history and demonstrates its importance for political struggles today
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 19, 2013)
In Academic Library
Subject South Asians -- Great Britain.
Asians -- Great Britain
Youth movements -- Great Britain
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- Political Advocacy.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- General.
Asians
South Asians
Youth movements
Great Britain
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
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