On the 14th June 2017, a fire engulfed a tower block in West London,
seventy-two people lost their lives and hundreds of others were left
displaced and traumatised. The Grenfell Tower fire is the epicentre of
a long history of violence enacted by government and corporations. On
its second anniversary activists, artists and academics come together
to respond, remember and recover the disaster.
The Grenfell Tower fire illustrates Britain's symbolic order; the
continued logic of colonialism, the disposability of working class
lives, the marketisation of social provision and global austerity
politics, and the negligence and malfeasance of multinational
contractors. Exploring these topics and more, the contributors
construct critical analysis from legal, cultural, media, community and
government responses to the fire, asking whether, without remedy for
multifaceted power and violence, we will ever really be 'after'
Grenfell?
With poetry by Ben Okri and Tony Walsh, and photographs by Parveen
Ali, Sam Boal and Yolanthe Fawehinmi.
With contributions from Phil Scraton, Daniel Renwick, Nadine El-Enany,
Sarah Keenan, Gracie Mae Bradley and The Radical Housing Network.
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Violence, Resistance and Response
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781786804600
Publisert
2019
Utgave
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Utgiver
Pluto Press
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok