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Black in the British Frame: The Black Experience in British Film and Television Second Edition (Continuum Collection) Paperback – July 19, 2005
In this updated edition of his acclaimed and award-winning study, Stephen Bourne takes a personal look at the history of black people in popular British film and television. He documents, from original research and interviews, the experiences and representations which have been ignored in previous media books about people of African descent. There are chapters about Paul Robeson, Newton I. Aduaka, soap operas and much more - as well as several useful appendices and suggestions for further reading.
- Print length272 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherContinuum
- Publication dateJuly 19, 2005
- Dimensions6.14 x 0.57 x 9.21 inches
- ISBN-100826478980
- ISBN-13978-0826478986
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- Publisher : Continuum; Revised edition (July 19, 2005)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 272 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0826478980
- ISBN-13 : 978-0826478986
- Item Weight : 1.39 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.14 x 0.57 x 9.21 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #10,314,811 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #5,051 in TV History & Criticism
- #21,757 in Movie History & Criticism
- #25,321 in African American Demographic Studies (Books)
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About the authors
Stephen Bourne is a writer, film and social historian specialising in Black heritage and gay culture.
In October 2019 Booker Prize winner Bernardine Evaristo voted Bourne for her Black History Month hero on Facebook. She said: 'Stephen Bourne is a hero of our history, who has published countless books, always accessible to all, on the hidden stories of our presence on these shores. Let's honour Stephen for quietly shining a light on our history.'
Also in 2019 the acclaimed writer Russell T Davies (Queer as Folk, It's a Sin) described Bourne in his foreword to Playing Gay in the Golden Age of British Television as 'one of the soldiers, gatekeepers and champions of our community. I am in awe of his diligence and insight.'
After graduating in 1988, Bourne was a research officer at the British Film Institute on a project that documented the history of Black people in British television. The result was a two-part television documentary called Black and White in Colour (BBC 1992) that is considered ground-breaking. In 1991 Bourne was a founder member of the Black and Asian Studies Association and co-authored his first book Aunt Esther’s Story with Esther Bruce (his adopted aunt), which was published by Hammersmith and Fulham’s Ethnic Communities Oral History Project.
Nancy Daniels in The Voice (8 October 1991) described Aunt Esther's Story as 'Poignantly and simply told, the story of Aunt Esther is a factual account of a Black working-class woman born in turn of the century London. The book is a captivating documentation of a life rich in experiences.'
In 2014 Bourne’s acclaimed book Black Poppies: Britain’s Black Community and the Great War was published by The History Press to coincide with the centenary of Britain’s entry into World War I. For Black Poppies Bourne received the 2015 Southwark Arts Forum Literature Award at Southwark’s Unicorn Theatre. In 2019 a new, revised edition was published.
In 2017 Bourne received a Screen Nation ('Black BAFTA') Special Award; an Honorary Fellowship from London South Bank University; and his book Fighting Proud: The Untold Story of the Gay Men Who Served in Two World Wars was published by I B Tauris.
His latest book is Deep Are the Roots: Trailblazers Who Changed Black British Theatre (The History Press, 2021).
For more information go to www.stephenbourne.co.uk
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