This A-Z Companion is the first in-depth reference to Black British cultural production from 1970 to the present. Coverage encompasses writing, music, visual and plastic arts, performance works, film and cinema, fashion and design, and intellectual life.
With entries on distinguished practitioners, key intellectuals, seminal organizations and concepts, popular cultural forms and local activities, the Companion outlines some of the highly charged debates concerning the politics of identity and representation within the black British cultural arena.
Entries include: Asian Dub Foundation...

This encyclopedia examines Russian culture from 1953, Stalin's death, to the present day. Both 'Russian' and 'Culture' are defined broadly. Given the diversity of the Federation in its ethnic composition and regional characteristics, questions of national, regional, and ethnic identity receive special attention as do Russian-speaking immigrant communities. 'Culture' embraces all aspects of culture and lifestyle, high and popular, artistic and material: art, fashion, literature, music, cooking, transport, politics and economics, film, crime - all are covered to give a full picture of the...

Containing over 1000 alphabetically arranged entries, this encyclopaedia surveys British cultural practices and icons in the latter half of the 20th century.

A rich heritage that needs to be documented Beginning in 1869, when the study of homosexuality can be said to have begun with the establishment of sexology, this encyclopedia offers accounts of the most important international developments in an area that now occupies a critical place in many fields of academic endeavours. It covers a long history and a dynamic and ever changing present, while opening up the academic profession to new scholarship and new ways of thinking. A groundbreaking new approach While gays and lesbians have shared many aspects of life, their histories and cultures...