African and Asian Cultures in Britain
- Course Code:
- 15 PAN H009
- Unit value:
- 0.5
- Year of study:
- Year 1 or Year 2
The course seeks to examine and evaluate some of the debates in the expanding literature on communities of African and Asian origin in Britain. After considering migration and patterns of settlement, attention turns to some of the controversies surrounding the topics of religion, family and kinship, employment, gender and mental health as these relate to and have emerged in writings on Afro-Asian populations in British society. It concludes with a brief examination of changing cultural forms in these communities. Each student will read at least one work of fiction (whose setting is Britain) by an author of Asian, African or Afro-Caribbean origin, and write an essay relating the story to issues raised in the course.
