Imperial intimacies : a tale of two islands
(Book)
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Published
London ; Verso, 2019.
Status
Central - Adult Nonfiction
929.20941 CARBY
1 available
929.20941 CARBY
1 available
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Published
London ; Verso, 2019.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
x, 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"A haunting and evocative history of British empire, told through one woman's family story 'Where are you from?' Hazel Carby was continually asked as a girl, at a time when being Black and being British was understood to be an impossibility. To answer that question properly, eminent scholar Hazel Carby finds she needs to trace not just the family history of her Jamaican father and her Welsh mother, but to untangle knots the British Empire created across the Atlantic. Tracing the skeins of this knotted past through the method of 'autohistory, ' Imperial Intimacies charts empire's violent interweaving of lives and states, Jamaica and Britain, capital and bodies, public language and private feeling. In so doing, Carby will find herself reckoning with what she can tell, what she can remember, and what she can bear to know"--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Blacks -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Carby family.
Carby, Hazel V. -- Family.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
Historians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Jamaica -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
Jamaica -- History -- To 1962.
Jamaicans -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Racially mixed families -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Racially mixed women -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Slavery -- Jamaica -- History.
Welsh -- Migrations.
Women historians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Carby family.
Carby, Hazel V. -- Family.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
Historians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Jamaica -- Emigration and immigration -- History.
Jamaica -- History -- To 1962.
Jamaicans -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Racially mixed families -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.
Racially mixed women -- Great Britain -- Biography.
Slavery -- Jamaica -- History.
Welsh -- Migrations.
Women historians -- Great Britain -- Biography.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Carby, H. V. (2019). Imperial intimacies: a tale of two islands . Verso.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Carby, Hazel V.. 2019. Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands. Verso.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Carby, Hazel V.. Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands Verso, 2019.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Carby, Hazel V.. Imperial Intimacies: A Tale of Two Islands Verso, 2019.
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