What's in a Name?: Friendship, Identity and History in Modern Multicultural Britain
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- Synopsis
- 'A brilliantly enlightening book . . . at times moving, at others ironic, full of insights and detail' Michael RosenOur names are so mundane that we barely notice them. Yet each contains countless stories of tradition and belonging - be that a legacy of colonialism or persecution, the desire to fit in, or the complex cultural inheritance from one's parents. In What's in a Name?, Sheela Banerjee unravels the personal histories of friends and family through their names. And while tracing their heritage across centuries and continents - from west London to British India, and from 1960s Jamaica to pre-Revolutionary Russia - Sheela also tells the story of twentieth-century immigration to the UK.Blending history, memoir and politics, What's in a Name? is a celebration of Britain's rich multiculturalism, an ode to friendship and a testament to all the stories held within our names.
- Copyright:
- 2023
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 336 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781529367621
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781529367591
- Publisher:
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Date of Addition:
- 08/15/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Sheela Banerjee
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Language Arts
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- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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