Publication Year: 2009 / Subject Term: Black Britons and Women

Start Over Publication Year 2009 Subject Term Black Britons Subject Term Women

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Sandapen,Sheila Francoise Theresa (Author)
Format:: Dissertation/Thesis
Publication Date:: 2009
Published:: Pennsylvania: Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:: ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
Notes:: 270 p., This dissertation focuses on women voices in Black British Literature between the period 1980 and 2005 - specifically in the works of Monica Ali, Zadie Smith, Joan Riley, Ravinder Randhawa, Meera Syal and Gurinder Chadha - and seeks to understand how women who are of Caribbean and South Asian descent form and reform their identities in their new home as immigrants or first-generation Britons and why their stories make a valuable and essential contribution to Black British Literature.

Collection:: Black Caribbean Literature (BCL)
Contributers:: Adkison-Bradley,Carla (Author), Maynard,Donna (Author), Johnson,Phillip (Author), and Carter,Stephaney (Author)
Format:: Journal Article
Publication Date:: 2009
Published:: United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis
Location:: African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Journal Title:: British Journal of Guidance & Counselling
Journal Title Details:: 37(1) : 65-72
Notes:: Depression is a common condition among women in the United Kingdom. However, little is known about the context of depression among British African Caribbean women. This article offers a preliminary discussion regarding issues and information pertaining to depression among British African Caribbean women. Characteristics and symptoms of depression along with treatment issues will also be presented.

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