1. Introduction 2. Theories of Community Part I: The Early Black British Short Story, c 1950-1980 3. The West Indian Immigrant Community: Samuel Selvon 4. The Emergence of a Black British Community: Farrukh Dhondy Part II: Hanif Kureishi and the Black British Short Story since the 1980s 5. A New Way of Being British: Kureishi's 'Ethnic' Short Stories 6. Human Commonalities: Kureishi's 'Postethnic' Short Stories Part III: The Local Black British Short Story since the 1990s 7. Scottish Singular Plurality: Jackie Kay 8. Scottish Community between Essence and (De-)Construction: Suhayl Saadi 9. Accidental Englishness: Zadie Smith Part IV: The Cosmopolitan Black British Short Story since the 1990s 10. Tour du Monde : Hari Kunzru 11. The World as Singular Plural Composite: Suhayl Saadi 12. Conclusion ukryj opis