Postcolonial People: South Asians in Britain

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1850657971 ISBN 13: 9781850657972

Publisher: Hurst, 2008

"A Postcolonial People" is a lively, critical survey of contemporary South Asian Britain that fills a conspicuous gap in the literature. This specially commissioned book combines conceptually innovative analysis with empirically rich studies to map out the diversity of the British Asian way of life. The migration and settlement of South Asians in large numbers in Britain is examined in the context of the postcolonial condition, in which boundaries between the West and Rest, centre and periphery, home and abroad are increasingly blurred. The contributors provide both fresh insights and vital information on the Asian British experience in its socio-economic, historical and cultural dimensions. The topics covered include: identity, the transformation of urban space, policing, healthcare, electoral politics, music, British Asian theatre and cinema.

About the Author:

Nasreen Ali is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Research in Primary Care, University of Leeds.

Virinder Kalra is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Manchester; he is author of From Textile Mills to Taxi Ranks (2000) and co-author of Diaspora and Hybridity (2005).

S. Sayyid is University Research Fellow in "Race," Ethnicity and Postcolonialism in the School of Sociology and Social Work, University of Leeds. He is the author of A Fundamental Fear (2nd ed., 2003).

Review:

"It clearly is a text which all students of immigration should read as a basic text."-- Professor John Rex, Journal of Punjab Studies