{"product_id":"jesse-bernard-escaping-babylon-an-intimate-history-of-black-british-music","title":"Jesse Bernard: Escaping Babylon - An Intimate History of Black British Music","description":"\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"49vx0w-4uu7tf-e6stp5-z2gb7h\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1068439521\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"bookDescription\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"bookDescription\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"bookDescription_feature_div\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" data-expanded=\"false\"\u003e\n\u003cspan\u003eProfile Books, 2026, Hardback, 336 pages, 15.8 x 23.8 cm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShapeshifting, collaborative, endlessly inventive and robustly empowering: Black music has transformed British culture and society, and gifted generations of Black Britons a powerful means to reject misrepresentation and find freedom and joy in sound.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the height of jungle and hip-hop in the 90s to the London uprisings in 2011, the birth of UK trap and the rise of grime superstars like Stormzy, filmmaker and DJ Jesse Bernard examines how Black culture in Britain is moulded by creativity drawn from Lagos and Los Angeles, Sao Paolo and South London. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEscaping Babylon\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etakes a deep dive into the history of Black British music to celebrate its richness, heritage and towering legacy.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"n3jc1w-m0pozn-oo8e1-76qk5r\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1068439521\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"globalStoreInfoBullets\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"globalStoreInfoBullets_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-cel-widget=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" data-csa-c-id=\"n637g7-w81p4s-f2cblf-l8sv84\" data-csa-c-is-in-initial-active-row=\"false\" data-csa-c-asin=\"1068439521\" data-csa-c-slot-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\" data-csa-c-content-id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" data-csa-c-type=\"widget\" data-feature-name=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge\" class=\"celwidget\" id=\"buyingOptionNostosBadge_feature_div\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ICA Bookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58172655927680,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0012\/4390\/6109\/files\/81mZPBWaUcL._SL1500.jpg?v=1779982633","url":"https:\/\/shop.ica.art\/products\/jesse-bernard-escaping-babylon-an-intimate-history-of-black-british-music","provider":"ICA Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}