From Diaspora to Multi-Locality: Writing British-Asian Cities
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leeds
Department Name: Sch of Theology & Religious Studies
Abstract
The diverse local character and trajectories of the South Asian diaspora in Britain today is the product of post-war immigration from particular parts of India, modern Pakistan and Bangladesh, as well as East Africa. Recognising there is now an urgent need to reflect historically upon 60 years of this presence, the network will be the first to compare the changing dynamics of five British-Asian localities. It will examine how each presence has been 'written' by different constituencies in scholarly ethnography, novels and other forms of cultural production as well as in the (local) media and official reports
