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Author:   Tom Kew
Publisher:   Manchester University Press
Imprint:   Manchester University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.558kg
ISBN:  

9781526154521

ISBN 10:   1526154528
Pages:   272
Publication Date:   17 January 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction: A so what? sort of place Nottingham: Writing the ‘rebel’ city Nottingham introduction: 1 Performance poetry, COVID-19 and the new ‘public sphere’ 2 #rebelnotts: literary tourism in Alan Sillitoe’s Nottingham Coda: ‘Ode to a Raleigh Burner’ Leicester: The ‘model’ multicultural city Leicester introduction: 3 Piri piri chicken: ‘demotic cosmopolitanism’ in contemporary Leicester 4 #WeNeedDiverseBooks: diversity in Leicester’s young adult fiction 5 ‘Leicester Leicester/ Fester fester’: at home with Adrian Mole Coda: Brimful of Leicester Birmingham: (re)building the second City Birmingham introduction 6 Is Birmingham a ‘non-place’? 7 ‘Double vision’ in Handsworth Art Coda: ‘Our new layered city’ The West Midlands: from Shakespeare to Syal West Midlands introduction 8 ‘Pathos, politics and paratha’: re-reading West Midlands, South Asian literature 9 The great ‘talent drain’ of the West Midlands: Lenny Henry, Caitlin Moran and Sathnam Sanghera Coda: Desi pubs of the Black Country The self-deprecating conclusion Bibliography Index -- .

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Tom Kew is a lecturer in Hospitality and Visitor Economy Management at Nottingham College, and an independent researcher and creative professional working in events, venue and music management

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