RETURN OF A NATIVE: Vron Ware in conversation with Nigel de Noronha
Date and time
Vron Ware chats to host Nigel de Noronha about her latest book RETURN OF A NATIVE
About this event
What is the history of the land beneath us?
With one of the most unequal land ownership patterns in the world, the history of England's land holds the keys to understanding the current crises. Unravelling the land's hidden reverse, Vron Ware's RETURN OF A NATIVE draws brings her experience of writing about racism, colonial history, war and feminism to show us how to look at the land in a new light. Vron will be in conversation with Nigel de Noronha.
About the book:
From a fixed point in the middle of English nowhere, Vron Ware takes you through time and space to explain why transcending the urban-rural divide is integral to the future of the planet.The English countryside is often seen as timeless, remote and shielded from the harshest problems of modern life. Yet, as Return of a Native reveals, it is to rural England that we must look for the roots of our current crises.Beginning and ending at a crossroads in north west Hampshire, with feet planted firmly on the soil, Vron Ware brings her experience of writing about racism, colonial history, war and feminism to show us how to look at the land in a new light. With one eye on the parish and another on the distant horizon, she leaves no stone unturned in this quest to understand how we humans arrived at this place.From Bronze Age ruins to the fall-out from Brexit, Return of a Native is an ecological reckoning with England’s future as well as its deep history.
About the author:
Vron Ware has been writing about racism, gender, history and national identity since the 1980s. Her books include Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism and History; Out of Whiteness: Color, Politics and Culture; Who Cares about Britishness?; and Military Migrants: Fighting for YOUR Country. She has worked as a journalist, photographer, environmental designer and academic.
Nigel de Noronha is a Research Associate at Manchester University, interested in housing, inequality, social justice, race and migration. His most recent publication, is Abandonment to financialisation. Ancoats and the ongoing housing question, with Jon Silver.
Doors: 6.30, starts: 6.45
Co-hosted by Blackwells Manchester, Repeater Books and Greater Manchester Housing Action.
Tickets are free but do please register your interest in advance. Copies of Return of a Native will be available to purchase on the night and Vron will be signing copies after the talk. If you would like a signed copy but cannot make the event, please contact us on 0161 274 3331 or manchester@blackwell.co.uk and we can arrange this for you.
