New Ethnicities and Language Use
Published on 4. August 2006
Book
Hardback
VIII, 209 pages
978-1-4039-9894-1 (ISBN)
Description
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 .
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Edition
2006 ed.
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Palgrave USA
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
VIII, 209 p.
Dimensions
Height: 219 mm
Width: 147 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
372 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4039-9894-1 (9781403998941)
DOI
10.1057/9780230626461
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Person
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.
Content
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