New Ethnicities and Language Use

2006. Auflage 2006
ISBN: 978-0-230-58007-7
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 209 Seiten, Format (B × H): 143 mm x 217 mm, Gewicht: 292 g

Reihe: Language and Globalization

The children and grandchildren of South Asian migrants to the UK are living out British identities which go largely unrecognized. This book emphasizes their everyday low-key Britishness, albeit a Britishness with new inflections. It is this sensibility that marks them as Brasians.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Harris, R.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements Introduction Researching Ethnicities and Cultures Language Use and Ethnicity: Mapping the Terrain New Ethnicities as Lived Experience How You Talk is Who You Are 'My Culture', 'My Language', My Religion': Communities, Practices and Diasporas Popular Culture, Ethnicities and Tastes What is Brasian? Appendices Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Roxy Harris is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Science and Public Policy at King's College London, UK. He has a particular interest in the relationships between language, power, ethnicity and culture and has researched, taught and published on these issues in London for many years.