Book notes: The Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain by Francesca Sobande

The Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain is an interesting and well-written book about ‘how media is implicated in Black women's lives in Britain – ranging from accounts of twentieth-century activism and television representations, to experiences of YouTube, Twitter, and the internet’ (p. 4). Francesca Sobande's aim is to analyse the topic from an interdisciplinary perspective while drawing on Black feminist approaches. The book is split into five chapters only. Chapter 1, ‘Why the Digital Lives of Black Women in Britain?’ offers an introduction into the significance of the book. Chapter 2, ‘Black Women and the Media in Britain’, explores the politics of representation of black women on TV. Chapter 3, ‘Black Women's Digital, Creative, and Cultural Industry Experiences’, investigates work and labour practices in the digital, creative and cultural industries. Chapter 4, ‘Black Women's Digital Diaspora, Collectivity, and Resistance’, looks into digital blackness and politics of difference but also into black digital dialogue between the US and the UK. The concluding chapter is then called ‘(Un)Defining the Digital Lives of Women in the UK’.