South Asian broadcasters in Britain and the BBC

Talking to India (1941–1943)

Bibliographic Data

ID18958910
AuthorsRuvani Ranasinha (0000-0003-2751-1399, King's College School, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume2
Issue1
Pages57-71
Publication date2010-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSouth Asian Diaspora (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1943-8184 • E-ISSN: 1943-8192
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19438190903542018
OpenAlexW2054303729
LanguageEN
Citations received12
References cited3

This paper explores the contributions of key diasporic South Asian writers and intellectuals, such as Mulk Raj Anand, to the BBC’s broadcasts to India during the Second World War (1941–1943) when the tensions between nationalism, anti‐fascism and anti‐imperialism were intense. It explores how diasporic South Asian writers in Britain dealt with these tensions. It analyses how their different responses to these tensions found literary expression, and how media and cultural critics responded to these literary texts. It argues that the BBC did not speak with a unitary voice but provided a transcultural contact zone in metropolitan London and in doing so fostered intellectual networks in which diasporic Indian nationalism could be debated and critiqued

Ancient history · Diaspora · Geography · Media studies · Sociology · South asia · African history and culture studies · Australian History and Society · Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies · Gender Studies · History

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