Are we not ‘BrAsians’
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21113190 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John Zavos (Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 489-492 |
| Publication date | 2006-12-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Contemporary South Asia (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0958-4935 • E-ISSN: 1469-364X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09584930701330071 |
| OpenAlex | W2067627973 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
This review article comments on the publication of a new collection of essays focused on the South Asian presence in Britain. Through an initial comparison with an earlier edited volume focused on this theme, the article points to the distinctive features of this new collection, with its insistence on the complex, fragmentary dynamic that flows from a post-colonial analysis. The volume advocates the use of the neologism ‘BrAsian’ as a means of disrupting settled notions of the South Asian experience in Britain. While acknowledging the logic of this post-colonial critique, the article points to the struggle to sustain this level of critical awareness in an edited volume of this scale. The article also points to the relative silence of the volume on the issue of religious identity – although perhaps an expectation that this theme should be covered is another settled notion disrupted by the challenging agenda of this ambitious project
Aesthetics · Cartography · Colonialism · Geography · Linguistics · Neologism · Political science · Silence · Sociology · South asia · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Anthropology · Computer Science · History · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.15 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2013 - 2014 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |