“This is England”: Kano’s Made in the Manor and the Re-Writing of English Pop History

This article considers Kano’s 2016 album Made in the Manor as a reflection on the ways in which grime challenged the white, Anglocentric tradition of post-war English pop and its narrow, exclusive representations of national identity. It looks at how Kano celebrates black music - both past and prese...

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Main Author: Ben WINSWORTH
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Language:English
Published: Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherches sur le Monde Anglophone (LERMA) 2025-06-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/erea/19399
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title “This is England”: Kano’s Made in the Manor and the Re-Writing of English Pop History
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