Minimal Selves by Stuart Hall

Stuart Hall

Title:
Minimal Selves

Published in:
Black British Cultural Studies: A Reader

Edited by:
Houston A. Baker, Jr., Manthia Diawara, Ruth H. Lindeborg, eds

Place:
Chicago/London

Publisher:
University of Chicago Press

Year:
1996

Synopsis:
Referring to his own experiences as a black migrant in Britain, Stuart Hall tries to define the notion of identity within the postmodern context. He regards the recent movement from ‘nationalism’ to ‘ethnicity’ in Britain as part of a new politics.