2018/07/30 by Louis James · 1 citation
Social Sciences · Arts and Humanities · #Caribbean history, culture, and politics #Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy #Postcolonial and Cultural Literary Studies
paper · pdf · doi:10.7765/9781526137968.00016
openalex publication_date 2018/07/30 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2025/11/06
Caribbean Artists Movement (CAM) grew out of a small informal meeting held in a basement flat in Mecklenberg Square, London. Six years later, when CAM as an organisation ended, it had made a major impact on the emergence of a Caribbean cultural identity, particularly in Britain, where it also had changed attitudes within the host community. In Britain, CAM played a significant role in the emergence of a new Caribbean strand in black British culture. The Islands in Between was a slim volume, but it was the first book of criticism on West Indian writing in English, and appeared at the moment when radical Caribbean critics were looking for a crusty piece of colonial writing to get their teeth into. CAM's influence was felt in the visual arts. It also touched the lives of a whole generation of young talent.