ENG329H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Irony, The Confusion, Enoch Powell
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Andrea levy, small islands: the role of caribbean servicemen (women from the caribbean) during wwii, during (1948), pre, non-linear chronology, multi-geographical. Prologue: quee(cid:374)ie(cid:859)s pov starts with the perspective of a white woman, telling us about her going to the empire exhibition. Show/fair of nations and racial groups: wander from one nation to another in the exhibit, a novel thing to do back in the day. Levy herself is a child of the windrush. First ship that sailed from london to jamaica: key component of the first wave of immigration from jamaica to england, perceived as a generation windrush generation. Invitation to people from jamaica, trinidad to come to england because the population of england is in decline from the war: usually live underground, hard labour, menial labour, people who came from jamaica already perceive themselves as british. Le(cid:448)(cid:455) (cid:449)a(cid:374)ts to sho(cid:449) a (cid:862)good(cid:863) side as the(cid:455) are ki(cid:374)d a(cid:374)d hard(cid:449)orki(cid:374)g: white racism is viewed as complex, horte(cid:374)se(cid:859)s superior attitude.
