{"product_id":"heart-of-the-race","title":"The Heart of the Race","description":"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Heart of the Race: Black Women’s Lives in Britain\u003c\/em\u003e, by Beverley Bryan, Stella Dadzie, and Suzanne Scafe, is a powerful document of the day-to-day realities of Black women in Britain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Heart of the Race\u003c\/em\u003e is a powerful corrective to a version of Britain’s history from which black women have long been excluded. It reclaims and records black women’s place in that history, documenting their day-to-day struggles, their experiences of education, work and health care, and the personal and political struggles they have waged to preserve a sense of identity and community. First published in 1985 and winner of the Martin Luther King Memorial Prize that year, The Heart of the Race is a testimony to the collective experience of black women in Britain, and their relationship to the British state throughout its long history of slavery, empire and colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis new edition includes a foreword by Lola Okolosie and an interview with the authors, chaired by Heidi Safia Mirza, focusing on the impact of their book since publication and its continuing relevance today\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003ePublished by Verso\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eSoftcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e304 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003e140 x 210 mm \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: 400;\"\u003eISBN 9781786635860\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37726107730109,"sku":"HOTR","price":16.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2538\/3478\/products\/HeartoftheRace.jpg?v=1607990527","url":"https:\/\/www.thelibraryproject.ie\/da\/products\/heart-of-the-race","provider":"The Library Project","version":"1.0","type":"link"}