Böcker av James Procter

Combining sustained empirical analysis of reading group conversations with four case studies of classic and contemporary novels: Things Fall Apart, White Teeth, Brick Lane and Small Island, this book pursues what can be gained through a comparative approach to reading and readerships.

Stuart Hall was one of the founding fathers of cultural studies. This text places Hall's work within its historical, cultural and theoretical contexts, providing a clear guide to his key ideas and influences, as well as his critics and his intellectual legacy.

Explores the venues of black British literary and cultural production across the postwar period. Extending from central London to the outskirts of Glasgow, the book pursues a "devolving" landscape, to consider what an analysis of "dwelling" might contribute to the theories of diaspora discourse.