Looking back in anger at ‘Cool Britannia’ with Jason Arday 

The 1990s are remembered for Britpop and New Labour. But it was also a time of inequality and racism. Sociologist and Oasis fan Jason Arday draws on his South London teenage years to interrogate the period from an ethnic minority perspective that has for too long been neglected.

A discussion about music and identity, inclusion and exclusion, racism and resistance. For readers of Reni Eddo-Lodge, Robin DiAngelo - and Oasis fans, too.

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Presenters: Samira  Shackle & Alice Bloch
Producer: Alice Bloch
Music by Danosongs

Reading/Listening List: 

• Jason Arday (2019) 'Cool Britannia and Multi-Ethnic Britain: Uncorking the Champagne Supernova'
• Jason Arday & Heidi Mirza (2018) 'Dismantling Race in Higher Education: Racism, Whiteness and Decolonising the Academy'
• bell hooks (2004) 'We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity'
• Kimberle Crenshaw (2017) 'On Intersectionality : Essential Writings'
• Skin (2020) It Takes Blood and Guts
• Oasis (1994) Definitely Maybe
• Lauryn Hill (1998) The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill 
• Bloc Party (2005) Silent Alarm