Overview
- Presents the first systematic attempt to analyse media and public communications published in Britain by people of African and Afro-Caribbean origin during the aftermaths of WWI
- Provides evidence that the aftermaths of war need to be given more attention as a distinctly defined period of post-conflict adjustment in which individual voices should be highlighted
- Analyses how the newspapers of black communities act as a record of conflict memory, and specifically how physical and political oppression was understood by members of the African Caribbean community
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media (PSHM)
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This study provides evidence that the aftermath of war needs to be given more attention as a distinctly defined period of post-conflict adjustment in which individual voices should be highlighted. As such it forms part of a continuing imperative to re-discover and recuperate black history, adding to the body of research on the aftermaths of The First World War, black studies, and the origins of diaspora.
Jane L. Chapman analyses how the newspapers of black communities act as a record of conflict memory, andspecifically how physical and political oppression was understood by members of the African Caribbean community. Pioneering black activist journalism demonstrates opinions on either empowerment or disempowerment, visibility, self-esteem, and economic struggles for survival.
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“One of the central contributions of Early Black Media is its specificity. Chapman offers … insight into both the racialized perspective of mainstream publications and the developing race consciousness evident in African and Afro-Caribbean periodicals. Chapman’s focus on the period from 1919 to 1924 allows her to trace the relationship between the British press and the media that emerged simultaneously in other national contexts, supporting her claim that Black consciousness developed as a transnational phenomenon.” (Caryn Murphy,Journal of British Studies, Vol. 60 (3), July, 2021)
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Book Title: Early Black Media, 1918–1924
Book Subtitle: Print Pioneers in Britain
Authors: Jane L. Chapman
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in the History of the Media
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69477-1
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-69476-4Published: 18 November 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-69477-1Published: 06 November 2019
Series ISSN: 2634-6575
Series E-ISSN: 2634-6583
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 80
Topics: World History, Global and Transnational History, Social History, Printing and Publishing, History of Military, Cultural History