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Contemporary black British Urban fiction: A ‘Ghetto perspective'?

'Ghetto Perspective' is the title of a song by the rapper Ty. In this song, he talks about the straitjacketing of his music by recording labels who expect him to perform in certain ways that may be seen to 'authenticate' his colour, class and background. The title of this article relates to the difficulties faced by writers and publishers as they negotiate the thorny issues of audiences especially as they pertain to the more popular end of the market. While genre fictions, including crime writing, have garnered critical acclaim and respectability, black writers working in this terrain are often criticised precisely for dealing with similar 'tough' and 'gritty' themes, and for presenting what are generally deemed to be negative representations of black people. These responses, of course, presume that there is a homogenous black community that can be represented by a single author or theme.