Research Catalog

Title

From outside in : an anthology of writings by refugees on Britain and britishness / edited by Nushin Arbabzadah, with a preface by Yasmin Alibhai-Brown.

Publication

London : Arcadia Books, 2007.

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Additional Authors

• Arbabzadah, Nushin
• Alibhai-Brown, Yasmin
• British Council

Description

[6], 180 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

" ... a collection of memoir, fiction and poetry that explores being British from the perspective of the newly arrived ..."--Cover 4. This anthology brings together contributions by poets, playwrights, journalists and those with no previous writing experience from fifteen different countries to reflect on what Britain and British cultural identity means to them. Each piece is preceded by a useful introductory paragraph, which contextualises the personal experience of the author, and provides a link to the wider debates on refugees and identity. Importantly this book highlights the diversity of refugee experience, not simply in its involvement of different races and nationalities but in the attitudes and reactions of those involved.

Alternative Title

From outside in : refugees and British society

Subject

• 2000-2099
• Refugees > Great Britain
• National characteristics, British
• Refugee experiences
• Literature
• Great Britain > Social life and customs > 21st century

Note

• "From outside in : refugees and British society" -- cover title.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Identity and the movement of people : an old story in a British guise -- Fleeing the final solution : Britain's Jewish refugees -- Running from the Red Army : Britain's Hungarian refugees -- Pinochet's exiles : Britain's Chilean refugees -- invasions, wars and 'boat people' : Britain's Vietnamese refugees -- Objecting to apartheid : Britain's South African refugees -- Leaving the last king of Scotland : Britain's Ugandan and Ugandan Asian refugees -- Saying no to the mullahs : Britain's Iranian refugees -- Cold and proxy wars : Britain's Afghan refugees -- Escaping chaos : Britain's Somali refugees -- Fleeing Saddam : Britain's Iraqi and Iraqi Kurdish refugees -- A new war in Europe : Britain's Balkan refugees -- Postcolonialism and its discontents : Britain's Cameroonian refugees -- When wars spill over : Britain's Sierra Leonean refugees -- Fighting for democracy in exile : Britain's Zimbabwean refugees -- The right to be myself : Britain's Kosovo Albanian refugees.

ISBN

• 1905147147
• 9781905147144

OCLC

122953135

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library