Journal articles: 'British Asian'

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Kilvington, Daniel. "British Asians, Covert Racism and Exclusion in English Professional Football." Culture Unbound 5, no. 4 (December 12, 2013): 587–606. http://dx.doi.org/10.3384/cu.2000.1525.135587.

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This article examines the exclusion of British Asians from English professional football. At present, there are eight British Asians with professional contracts out of over 4,000 players. This statistic is increasingly noteworthy when we consider that, first, football is extremely popular across British Asian groups and, second, Britain is home to over 4 million British Asians (the UK’s largest minority ethnic group). Following a brief introduction as well as a discussion of racisms, the work will provide an overview of the barriers that have excluded British Asian football communities from the professional ranks. In particular, I shall discuss some of the key obstacles including overt racism, ‘all-Asian’ football structures and cultural differences. However, the focus of this paper is to explore the impact and persist-ing nature of institutional racism within football. With the aid of oral testimonies, this work shall present British Asian experiences of covert racism in the game. I shall therefore demonstrate that coaches/scouts (as gatekeepers) have a tendency to stereotype and racialize British Asian footballers, thus exacerbating the British Asian football exclusion. Finally, the article will offer policy recommendations for reform. These recommendations, which have come out of primary and secondary research, aspire to challenge institutional racism and combat inequalities within the game.

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Murthy, Dhiraj. "Representing South Asian alterity? East London's Asian electronic music scene and the articulation of globally mediated identities." European Journal of Cultural Studies 12, no. 3 (July 16, 2009): 329–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367549409105367.

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In the years since the London tube bombings, popular depictions of British Asians have been increasingly `othered' at best, and stereotyped as dangerous terrorists at worst. Asian self-representation continues to be a critically-needed intervention. East London's Asian electronic music scene serves as a means to represent the voices of young urban British Asians, attempting to bring them from peripheral alterity and render them visible in mainstream British popular culture. The music, which blends synthesized electronic music with South Asian musical stylings, has brought musicians from both the South Asian diaspora and the subcontinent to perform in `Banglatown', East London. These regular globalized performances of the scene, an aspect rarely investigated, have challenged locally bounded British Asian identities.

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Cashmore, Ellis. "British Asian Jigsaw." Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 34, no. 6 (July 14, 2008): 1041–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13691830802211323.

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Saha, Anamik. "Funky Days Are (Not) Back Again: Cool Britannia and the Rise and Fall of British South Asian Cultural Production." Journal of British Cinema and Television 17, no. 1 (January 2020): 6–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/jbctv.2020.0505.

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This article explores the conditions that led to the rise and fall of British South Asian cultural production. Following a high point in the 1990s when for the first time a South Asian diasporic presence was felt in British popular culture, across television, film, music, literature and theatre, Asians have now returned to the periphery of the cultural industries. But this is not a simple case of British Asians falling in and out of fashion. Rather, as this article explores, British Asian cultural producers were enabled but then ultimately constrained by shifts in cultural policy (and specifically ‘creative industries’ policy) and, more broadly, by the politics of multiculturalism in the UK and beyond. In particular, it focuses on the moment of New Labour and ‘Cool Britannia’ as a significant cultural and political moment that led to the rise and subsequent demise of British Asian cultural production. Through such an analysis the article adds to the growing body of work on race and production studies. It demonstrates the value of the historical approach, outlined by the ‘cultural industries’ tradition of political economy, which is interested in how historical forces come together to produce a particular set of institutional and social arrangements that shape the practices of British Asian creative workers. While the article foregrounds television and film, it explores the field of British Asian cultural production more broadly and, in doing so, marks the ascendency of the ‘diversity discourse’ that characterises cultural policy in the present day.

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Orme, Mark, Lauren Sherar, Mike Morgan, Michael Steiner, Dale Esliger, Andrew Kingsnorth, and Sally Singh. "The influence of South Asian ethnicity on the incremental shuttle walk test in UK adults." Chronic Respiratory Disease 15, no. 3 (July 4, 2018): 241–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1479972318785832.

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The objective of this study was to compare incremental shuttle walking test (ISWT) performance between South Asian and Caucasian British adults, identify predictors of ISWT distance and produce ethnicity-specific reference equations. Data from a mixed gender sample aged 40–75 years from Leicestershire, United Kingdom, were selected for analyses. Analysis of covariance determined differences in ISWT performance between South Asian and Caucasian British ethnic groups. Linear regressions identified predictors of ISWT distance, which determined the reference equations. In total, 144 participants took part in the study (79 South Asian (54 ± 8 years, 71% female) and 65 Caucasian British (58 ± 9 years, 74% female)). Distance walked for the ISWT was shorter for South Asian individuals compared with Caucasian British (451 ± 143 vs. 575 ± 180 m, p < 0.001). The ethnicity-specific reference equations for ISWT distance explained 33–50% of the variance (standard error of the estimate (SEE): 107–119 m) for South Asians and explained 14–58% of the variance (SEE: 121–169 m) for Caucasian British. Ethnicity univariately explained 12.9% of the variance in ISWT distance and was significantly associated with ISWT distance after controlling for age, gender, height, weight, dyspnoea and lung function ( B = −70.37; 1 = Caucasian British, 2 = South Asian), uniquely explaining 3.7% of the variance. Predicted values for ISWT performance were lower in South Asian people than in Caucasian British. Ethnicity-specific reference equations should account for this.

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Glover, Kristoffer, Goran Peskir, and Farman Samee. "The British Asian Option." Sequential Analysis 29, no. 3 (July 13, 2010): 311–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07474946.2010.487439.

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McLoughlin, Seán. "Writing British Asian cities." Contemporary South Asia 17, no. 4 (November 20, 2009): 437–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09584930903329673.

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Bhakta, Dee, Craig D. Higgins, Leena Sevak, Punam Mangtani, Herman Adlercreutz, Anthony J. McMichael, and Isabel dos Santos Silva. "Phyto-oestrogen intake and plasma concentrations in South Asian and native British women resident in England." British Journal of Nutrition 95, no. 6 (June 2006): 1150–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1079/bjn20061777.

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Phyto-oestrogens, naturally occurring hormone-like chemicals in plant food, may play a protective role against hormone-related chronic diseases. South Asian migrants in the UK have a lower incidence of hormone-related cancer than their hosts but the extent to which this difference may be due to phytoestrogen intake is not known. The aim was to compare habitual phytoestrogen intake in first-generation South Asian migrant women and native British women. South Asian (n 221) and native British women (n 50) were recruited from general practitioner lists and were asked to provide monthly 24h recalls for a period of 1 year. An enhanced phytoestrogen database was compiled using data from a literature search and unpublished data. A sub-sample of South Asian women (n 100) and the native British women (n 40) also provided blood samples every 3 months during the 1-year period. The median daily intakes (μg/d) of isoflavones (184·2 v. 333·9) and lignans (110·8 v. 148·8) were significantly lower in South Asians than in the native British (P<0·001, P=0·04 respectively).There were no significant differences in mean plasma isoflavone levels (nmol/l) but plasma enterolactone was significantly lower in the South Asians (13·9 (sd17·5) v. 28·5 (SD23·3),P<0·001). The main sources of phytoestrogens were bread and vegetables in both ethnic groups. Habitual phytoestrogen intake in South Asian and native British women was below 1mg/d and was higher in the native British diet. The present study does not support the hypothesis that differences in phytoestrogen intake, or in circulating levels, could explain differences in hormone-related cancer risks between these two populations.

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Dey, Bidit Lal, John M. T. Balmer, Ameet Pandit, and Mike Saren. "Selfie appropriation by young British South Asian adults." Information Technology & People 31, no. 2 (April 3, 2018): 482–506. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/itp-08-2016-0178.

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how young British South Asian adults’ dual cultural identity is exhibited and reaffirmed through the appropriation of selfies. Design/methodology/approach The research adopts a qualitative perspective and utilises a combination of in-depth interviews and netnographic data. Findings The appropriation of the selfie phenomenon by young British South Asian adults reifies, endorses and reinforces their dual cultural identity. As such, their dual cultural identity is influenced by four factors: consonance between host and ancestral cultures, situational constraints, contextual requirements and convenience. Research limitations/implications In terms of the selfie phenomenon, the study makes two major contributions: first, it analyses young British South Asian adults’ cultural dualism. Second, it explicates how their acculturation and their dual cultural identity are expressed through the appropriation of the selfie phenomenon. Practical implications Since young British South Asians represent a significant, and distinct, market, organisations serving this market can marshal insights from this research. As such, managers who apprise themselves of the selfie phenomenon of this group are better placed to meet their consumer needs. Account, therefore, should be taken of their twofold cultural identity and dual British/Asian identification. In particular, consideration should be given to their distinct and demonstrable traits apropos religiosity and social, communal, and familial bonding. The characteristics were clearly evident via their interactions within social media. Consequently, senior marketing managers can utilise the aforementioned in positioning their organisations, their brands and their products and services. Originality/value The study details a new quadripartite framework for analysing young British South Asian adults’ acculturation that leads to the formation of their dual cultural identity and presents a dynamic model that explicates how cultural identity is expressed through the use and appropriation of technology.

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Burdsey, Daniel. "Un/making the British Asian Male Athlete: Race, Legibility and the State." Sociological Research Online 20, no. 3 (August 2015): 190–206. http://dx.doi.org/10.5153/sro.3768.

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This article explores the social construction of the British Asian male sport star. It foregrounds an analysis of the racial state, primarily its biopolitical function in (re)affirming racialised models of citizenship and contemporary hierarchies of belonging. Drawing on conceptualisations of legibility, the article argues that this relationship between race and the state is necessary to understand the processes by which such athletes are made intelligible in the popular imagination. Empirically, the article focuses on the articulations, experiences and performativity of British Asian Muslim international cricketer, Moeen Ali, during the summer of 2014. It suggests that these examples reflect the contestation and de/legitimisation of various forms of social, cultural and political attachment and embodiment within the public sphere. The article argues that the extent to which athletes such as Ali are made il/legible in sport is linked inextricably to the way in which British Asians and British Muslims are made il/legible in society. Finally, the article considers the spaces, contexts and discourses within which British Asian athletes can(not) represent themselves; and the dominant forms of being, speaking and thinking with which they must conform to meet the requirements of elite sporting citizenship.

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Ley, Graham. "Diaspora Space, the Regions, and British Asian Theatre." New Theatre Quarterly 27, no. 3 (August 2011): 215–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266464x11000431.

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In 1996 Graham Ley compiled for NTQ a record of the first twenty years of Tara Arts, the London-based British Asian theatre company. In this essay, he tests the theoretical concept of a third space for diaspora culture against the experience of two leading British Asian theatre companies, and considers the contrasting role of an Asian arts centre. From 2004 to 2009 Graham Ley led an AHRC-funded research project on ‘British Asian Theatre: Documentation and Critical History’, and has co-edited with Sarah Dadswell two books soon to be published by the University of Exeter Press: British South Asian Theatres: a Documented History and Critical Essays on British South Asian Theatre. He has earlier published in NTQ on Australian theatre and enlightenment and contemporary performance theory, and is presently Professor of Drama and Theory at the University of Exeter.

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SHAMS, MANFUSA, and RORY WILLIAMS. "GENERATIONAL CHANGES IN HEIGHT AND BODY MASS DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BRITISH ASIANS AND THE GENERAL POPULATION IN GLASGOW." Journal of Biosocial Science 29, no. 1 (January 1997): 101–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021932097001016.

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A weighted total of 630 pupils aged 14–15 in Glasgow schools, about evenly divided between pupils of South Asian and non-Asian (overwhelmingly British) background, were measured for height and weight and compared with previous results for a similar Glasgow sample aged 30–40. Among 14–15-year-olds, British Asians were not so short compared with non-Asians as among 30–40-year-olds, especially females. Among 30–40-year-old Glasgow Asians only 7% were born in the UK, while among 14–15-year-old Glasgow Asians 86% were so born, indicating that they are the children of migrants. Generational differences in these comparisons cannot be due to positive selection of the migrant generation for height, and are attributed to improved environment, including nutrition and public health measures. This suggests the possibility of corresponding improvements in coronary and diabetic risk.

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Lee, Joshua D., Colleen Guimond, Irene M. Yee, Carles Vilariño-Güell, Zhi-Ying Wu, Anthony L. Traboulsee, and A. Dessa Sadovnick. "Incidence of Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders in Asian Populations of British Columbia." Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques 42, no. 4 (June 15, 2015): 235–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cjn.2015.36.

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AbstractBackground: Global variation in the incidence of multiple sclerosis (MS) is generally ascribed to differences in genetic and environmental risk factors. Here we investigate temporal trends in the incidence of MS and related disorders in British Columbia, Canada, from 1986 to 2010, focusing particularly on the Asian ethnic subpopulation. Methods: A longitudinal database was screened to identify newly diagnosed cases of MS and related disorders, including neuromyelitis optica and clinically isolated syndromes. Age-standardized, sex-specific mean annual incidence was calculated for the Asian and non-Asian population of British Columbia for 5-year intervals from 1986 to 2010. Temporal changes and cohort differences in incidence rates and demographic characteristics were evaluated. Results: During this period, the incidence of MS and related disorders in the non-Asian population remained relatively unchanged, from 10.41 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 9.87-10.97) to 9.91 (95% CI: 9.46-10.39) per 100,000 (p=0.167). In contrast, incidence in the Asian population doubled during the same period. This increase was driven by a precipitous rise in the incidence of MS in females from 0.71 (95% CI: 0.01-1.50) to 2.08 (95% CI: 1.43-2.91) per 100,000 (p=0.004), including both Canadian-born and immigrant Asians. The incidence of neuromyelitis optica did not change significantly during this period. Conclusions: The incidence of MS may be increasing among females in the Asian ethnic population of British Columbia.

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Kumarasingham, Harshan. "THE ‘TROPICAL DOMINIONS’: THE APPEAL OF DOMINION STATUS IN THE DECOLONISATION OF INDIA, PAKISTAN AND CEYLON." Transactions of the Royal Historical Society 23 (November 19, 2013): 223–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0080440113000108.

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ABSTRACTThe paper examines the reasons that India, Pakistan and Ceylon chose to become Dominions within the Commonwealth instead of becoming republics on independence as many expected. Each of these South Asian states had different motives that compelled them to take on a form of government more associated in areas where the British had settled in significant numbers. The ‘Tropical Dominions’ differed from the settler cases and tested this vague British concept. The British and South Asians had to compromise their wishes in order to satisfy their wants. India is characterised here as the ‘Expedient Dominion’, Pakistan the ‘Siege Dominion’ and Ceylon the ‘Imitation Dominion’. This paper focuses on the years immediately prior to independence to understand the various objectives of the South Asian elites that negotiated with the British for their sovereignty and how they varied from each other and from the Dominion ideal.

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Curtin, Kimberley D., Tanya R. Berry, Kerry S. Courneya, Kerry R. McGannon, Colleen M. Norris, Wendy M. Rodgers, and John C. Spence. "Investigating relationships between ancestry, lifestyle behaviors and perceptions of heart disease and breast cancer among Canadian women with British and with South Asian ancestry." European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing 17, no. 4 (January 23, 2018): 314–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1474515118755729.

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Background: Ethnic minority groups including Asians in Canada have different knowledge and perceptions of heart disease and breast cancer compared with the ethnic majority group. Aim: Examine relationships between perceptions of heart disease and breast cancer, and lifestyle behaviors for Canadian women with British and with South Asian ancestry. Methods: Women with South Asian ( n = 170) and with British ( n = 373) ancestry ( Mage = 33.01, SD = 12.86) reported leisure time physical activity, intended fruit and vegetable consumption, disease perceptions (ability to reduce risk, control over getting the diseases, and influence of family history), and demographic information. Mann–Whitney tests and multiple hierarchical linear regressions were used to examine the relationships between lifestyle behaviors and disease perceptions, with ancestry explored as a possible moderator. Results: Participants with South Asian ancestry believed they had greater ability to reduce their risk and have control over getting breast cancer than participants with British ancestry. Family history influences on getting either disease was perceived as higher for women with British ancestry. Age was positively related to all three perceptions in both diseases. Intended fruit and vegetable consumption was positively related to perceptions of ability to reduce risk and control of both diseases, but was stronger for women with South Asian ancestry regarding perceptions of breast cancer. Leisure time physical activity was positively related to perceptions of control over getting heart disease for women with British ancestry. Conclusions: Women’s disease perceptions can vary by ancestry and lifestyle behaviors. Accurate representation of diseases is essential in promoting effective preventative behaviors.

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Gill-Khan, Chloe. "Asian Britain: a visual chronicle of South Asian-British histories." Social Identities 21, no. 5 (April 2, 2015): 524–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504630.2015.1018156.

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Webb, D. R., K. Khunti, S. Chatterjee, J. Jarvis, and M. J. Davies. "Adipocytokine Associations with Insulin Resistance in British South Asians." Journal of Diabetes Research 2013 (2013): 1–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/561016.

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Aims. Adipocytokines are implicated in the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and may represent identifiable precursors of metabolic disease within high-risk groups. We investigated adiponectin, leptin, and TNF-αand assessed the contribution of these molecules to insulin resistance in south Asians.Hypothesis. South Asians have adverse adipocytokine profiles which associate with an HOMA-derived insulin resistance phenotype.Methods. We measured adipocytokine concentrations in south Asians with newly diagnosed impaired glucose tolerance or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a case-control study. 158 (48.5% males) volunteers aged 25–75 years with risk factors for diabetes but no known vascular or metabolic disease provided serum samples for ELISA and bioplex assays.Results. Total adiponectin concentration progressively decreased across the glucose spectrum in both sexes. A reciprocal trend in leptin concentration was observed only in south Asian men. Adiponectin but not leptin independently associated with HOMA-derived insulin resistance after logistic multivariate regression.Conclusion. Diasporic south Asian populations have an adverse adipocytokine profile which deteriorates further with glucose dysregulation. Insulin resistance is inversely associated with adiponectin independent of BMI and waist circumference in south Asians, implying that adipocytokine interplay contributes to the pathogenesis of metabolic disease in this group.

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Sam, Agnes. "British universities and black/Asian candidates." Wasafiri 6, no. 13 (March 1991): 17–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02690059108574233.

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Phillips, Deborah, Cathy Davis, and Peter Ratcliffe. "British Asian narratives of urban space." Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 32, no. 2 (April 2007): 217–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2007.00247.x.

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Webster, Colin. "The Construction of British ‘Asian’ Criminality." International Journal of the Sociology of Law 25, no. 1 (March 1997): 65–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/ijsl.1996.0034.

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de Waal, Ariane. "Living Suspiciously: Contingent Belonging in British South Asian Theater." Humanities 9, no. 3 (August 18, 2020): 85. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/h9030085.

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This article investigates representations of national belonging in British South Asian theater productions after the 2005 London bombings. It identifies a significant yet hitherto underresearched corpus of plays that show the formation of the UK “home front” in the war on terror from the perspective of postcolonial subjects who are deemed threatening rather than worthy of protection. After discussing the construction of British South Asian citizens as suspicious subjects, the article analyzes two plays that offer an extensive consideration of the contingencies of national belonging. It argues that True Brits by Vinay Patel and Harlesden High Street by Abhishek Majumdar dramatize strategies for building, making, or keeping a home in London in spite of the strictures of suspectification and securitization.

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Ledent, Bénédicte. "Race and antiracism in black British and British Asian literature." Journal of Postcolonial Writing 48, no. 4 (September 2012): 460–61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17449855.2012.694704.

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Toor, Sunita. "British Asian Girls, Crime and Youth Justice." Youth Justice 9, no. 3 (December 2009): 239–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1473225409345102.

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This article provides an understanding of the role of honour ( izzat) and shame ( sharam) in the lives of British Asian girls. It indicates key facets embedded in izzat and sharam that determine and shape the experience of punishment for Asian criminal girls in Britain. In addition, the article provides an insight into why, as a consequence of izzat and sharam, Asian girls are especially invisible as offenders in the youth justice system. Finally, an understanding of izzat and sharam highlights the limitations of using restorative justice practices with Asian young offenders.

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Indriyanto, Kristiawan. "ARTICULATING THE MARGINALIZED VOICES: SYMBOLISM IN AFRICAN AMERICAN, HISPANIC, AND ASIAN AMERICAN LITERATURE." British (Jurnal Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris) 9, no. 2 (September 26, 2020): 20. http://dx.doi.org/10.31314/british.9.2.20-36.2020.

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The present study contextualizes how symbolism is employed by writers of ethnically minority in the United States as an avenue of their agency and criticism against the dominant white perspective. The history of American minorities is marred with legacy of racial discrimination and segregation which highlights the inequality of race. Literature as a cultural production captures the experiences of the marginalized and the use of symbolism is intended to transform themes into the field of aesthetics. This study is a qualitative research which is conducted through the post-nationalist American Studies framework in order to focus on the minorities’ experience instead of the Anglo-Saxon outlook. The object of the study is three playscripts written from authors from Mexican-American, African-American and Asian-American to emphasize how discrimination is faced by multi-ethnic. The finding suggests how symbolism in these literary works intends to counter the stereotypical representation of Mexican-American, aligns with the passive resistance of the Civil Right Movement and subvert binary opposition of East and West which exoticizing the East. Keywords : minority literature in the U.S , symbolism, post-national

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Hosokawa, Michihisa. "Situating the Komagata Maru Incident in a Global Context: A Collaborative Work with Professor Shigeru Akita." Asian Review of World Histories 10, no. 2 (July 29, 2022): 151–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22879811-12340115.

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Abstract The Komagata Maru incident of 1914 occurred at a time when intra-Asian trade was flourishing, but it coincided with a period of great migration. Many Indians (South Asians), and also Chinese and Japanese, moved around the Indo-Pacific, a migration that stirred anti-Asian feeling among white peoples. It also occurred in a transitional period for the British Empire. But Britain still held a dominant position in the Indo-Pacific, not only because it benefited from intra-Asian trade, but also because it could make use of Indians as a military force and rely on a measure of assistance from Japan, its ally. Taking the above facts as background, this article examines the incident by approaching a wide range of topics, including political, legal, and immigration histories, and by incorporating local, national, and regional histories into a globally connected history, to demonstrate the incident’s use as a showcase that illuminates multilateral and multitiered linkages in the Indo-Pacific, the British Empire, and beyond.

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Dadswell, Sarah, and Graham Ley. "British South Asian theatres and the global South Asian Diaspora: Introduction." South Asian Popular Culture 7, no. 3 (October 2009): 161–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14746680903125465.

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McIvor, Claire, Yassaman Vafai, Brian Kelly, Sarah E. O’Toole, Michelle Heys, Ellena Badrick, Halima Iqbal, Kate E. Pickett, Claire Cameron, and Josie Dickerson. "The Impact of the Pandemic on Mental Health in Ethnically Diverse Mothers: Findings from the Born in Bradford, Tower Hamlets and Newham COVID-19 Research Programmes." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 21 (November 2, 2022): 14316. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph192114316.

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Restrictions implemented by the UK Government during the COVID-19 pandemic have served to worsen mental health outcomes, particularly amongst younger adults, women, those living with chronic health conditions, and parents of young children. Studies looking at the impact for ethnic minorities have reported inconsistent findings. This paper describes the mental health experiences of mothers from a large and highly ethnically diverse population during the pandemic, using secondary analysis of existing data from three COVID-19 research studies completed in Bradford and London (Tower Hamlets and Newham). A total of 2807 mothers participated in this study with 44% White British, 23% Asian/Asian British Pakistani, 8% Other White and 7% Asian/Asian British Bangladeshi backgrounds. We found that 28% of mothers experienced clinically important depressive symptoms and 21% anxiety symptoms during the pandemic. In unadjusted analyses, mothers from White Other, and Asian/Asian British Bangladeshi backgrounds had higher odds of experiencing symptoms, whilst mothers from Asian/Asian British Indian backgrounds were the least likely to experience symptoms. Once loneliness, social support and financial insecurity were controlled for, there were no statistically significant differences in depression and anxiety by ethnicity. Mental health problems experienced during the pandemic may have longer term consequences for public health. Policy and decision makers must have an understanding of the high risk of financial insecurity, loneliness and a lack of social support on mother’s mental health, and also recognise that some ethnic groups are far more likely to experience these issues and are, therefore, more vulnerable to poor mental health as a consequence.

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Lakhanpaul, Monica, Lorraine Culley, Tausif Huq, Deborah Bird, Nicky Hudson, Noelle Robertson, Melanie McFeeters, et al. "Qualitative study to identify ethnicity-specific perceptions of and barriers to asthma management in South Asian and White British children with asthma." BMJ Open 9, no. 2 (February 2019): e024545. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2018-024545.

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ObjectiveThis paper draws on the data from the Management and Interventions for Asthma (MIA) study to explore the perceptions and experiences of asthma in British South Asian children using semi-structured interviews. A comparable cohort of White British children was recruited to identify whether any emerging themes were subject to variation between the two groups so that generic and ethnicity-specific themes could be identified for future tailored intervention programmes for South Asian children with asthma.SettingSouth Asian and White British children with asthma took part in semi-structured interviews in Leicester, UK.ParticipantsThirty three South Asian and 14 White British children with asthma and aged 5–12 years were interviewed.ResultsBoth similar and contrasting themes emerged from the semi-structured interviews. Interviews revealed considerable similarities in the experience of asthma between the South Asian and White British children, including the lack of understanding of asthma (often confusing trigger with cause), lack of holistic discussions with healthcare professionals (HCPs), an overall neutral or positive experience of interactions with HCPs, the role of the family in children’s self-management and the positive role of school and friends. Issues pertinent to South Asian children related to a higher likelihood of feeling embarrassed and attributing physical activity to being a trigger for asthma symptoms.ConclusionsThe two ethnicity-specific factors revealed by the interviews are significant in children’s self-management of asthma and therefore, indicate the need for a tailored intervention in South Asian children.

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Azimbayeva, Shakhnoza Akramjanovna. "Think Tanks In The Formation Of The Central Asian Vector Of British Foreign Policy." American Journal of Political Science Law and Criminology 03, no. 06 (June 12, 2021): 127–31. http://dx.doi.org/10.37547/tajpslc/volume03issue06-19.

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This article examines the role and place of British think tanks in the design and development of the country’s foreign policy towards the Central Asian region. This issue is studied in combination with an analysis of the history of the formation of British think tanks, the positions of these centers in relation to Central Asia in the early 90s of the twentieth century after the collapse of the USSR and the state of modern think tanks that study Central Asia and their influence on the decision-making process in Great Britain.

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HAKALA, WALTER N. "From Sepoy to Film Star: Indian interpreters of an Afghan mythic space." Modern Asian Studies 50, no. 5 (February 5, 2015): 1501–46. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x14000067.

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AbstractThe paucity of sources documenting the role of Indians in the nineteenth-century British imperial engagement with Afghanistan has resulted in significant lacunae within later cultural artefacts documenting the period. The South Asians who formed the bulk of British expeditionary forces in the first Anglo-Afghan war (1837–1842) were, however, indispensable as cultural intermediaries, translating little-studied Afghan languages into patterns of South Asian speech that had become familiar to colonial officials through a gradual and ongoing process of exposure in India proper and, in the presence of comprador agents, beyond. For English-language authors writing in the aftermath of the traumatic retreat of the British army from Afghanistan in 1842, British India and its subject populations provided a convenient and long-established set of topoi through which to produce convincingly authentic representations of Afghanistan as an exotic and alien ‘mythic space’. Following George Steiner and Richard Slotkin, this article argues that the narrative memorials to the first Anglo-Afghan War become possible only through the activation of a particular set of stable, yet portable, South Asian literary figures which stand in for Afghanistan itself.

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Zriba, Hassen. "“Musicalized identities”: South Asian musical Third Space of Enunciation in Britain." Khazar Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences 22, no. 1 (May 2019): 78–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.5782/2223-2621.2019.22.1.78.

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Within a multicultural society like Britain, cultural identity has become a pivotal concern for the nation’s various ethnic minorities. South Asian minorities, notably, the third generation, have adopted different strategies of integration within the mainstream British society while attempting to preserve their cultural idiosyncrasies. South Asian identities or what can be generally called “Asianness” manifested themselves in different socio-cultural expressions. Music has been one of those media of cultural and identity expressions. This article argues that music can be deemed as a “Third Space of Enunciation” for the new generations of ethnic minorities in general and South Asian ones in particular. Ethnic or “ethnicized” music seemed to proffer new horizons and possibilities of articulations for British ethnic minorities. By analysing some contemporary British South Asian musical outputs, we attempt to show how fusion-based and hybrid music was a strategy to mobilize dominant British musical discourses to fight against racism and celebrate cultural identity within the context of multicultural Britain.

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Alexander, Douglas, and Ian Kearns. "British foreign policy in an Asian century." Juncture 20, no. 3 (November 26, 2013): 237–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.2050-5876.2013.00760.x.

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Tournay Theodotou, Petra. "British Asian Fiction: Twenty-First Century Voices." English Studies 95, no. 2 (January 28, 2014): 231–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0013838x.2013.838407.

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Chambers, Colin. "British South Asian theatres: a documented history." South Asian Diaspora 6, no. 1 (September 5, 2013): 85–87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19438192.2013.828507.

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Beezmohun, Sharmilla. "Where are all the British Asian writers?" Journal of Gender Studies 7, no. 2 (July 1998): 227. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09589236.1998.9960715.

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Culley, Lorraine A., Nicky Hudson, Frances L. Rapport, Savita Katbamna, and Mark R. D. Johnson. "British South Asian communities and infertility services." Human Fertility 9, no. 1 (January 2006): 37–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/14647270500282644.

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You, Zixi, Jieun Kiaer, and Hyejeong Ahn. "Growing East Asian words in English." English Today 36, no. 2 (July 3, 2019): 17–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s026607841900018x.

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With the change of linguistic, cultural and ethnic landscapes, multilingual, multicultural and multi-ethnic realities are increasing globally. In the case of the UK, the 2011 Census showed that the Asian or Asian British ethnic group category had one of the largest increases since 2001, with a third of the foreign-born population of the UK (2.4 million) now identifying as Asian British (Office for National Statistics, 2013). It is not surprising then, given the aforementioned demographic situation, to see many Asian-origin words in the English language. East Asian words are now entering into the English lexicon with unprecedented speed as a consequence of increased contact between East Asia and the English-speaking world.

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Wilson, Amrit. "The forced marriage debate and the British state." Race & Class 49, no. 1 (July 2007): 25–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306396807080065.

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In recent years, the British government has increasingly sought to intervene to prevent forced marriages and `honour killings'. But its new-found concern for the plight of South Asian women belies a deeper structure of racism, particularly against Muslims, and collusion with South Asian patriarchy. It is argued that initiatives such as the recent proposal for legislation on forced marriages are not empowering to women but are driven by the state's need to police South Asian communities, an approach that has colonial roots. The lack of support given to grassroots South Asian women's organisations and the continuing deportation of women at risk of violence reveal the partial nature of the state's commitment to supporting victims of domestic violence and other forms of oppression.

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MEDURI, AVANTHI. "Labels, Histories, Politics: Indian/South Asian Dance on the Global Stage." Dance Research 26, no. 2 (October 2008): 223–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.3366/e0264287508000200.

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In this paper, I discuss issues revolving around history, historiography, alterity, difference and otherness concealed in the doubled Indian/South Asian label used to describe Indian/South Asian dance genres in the UK. The paper traces the historical genealogy of the South Asian label to US, Indian and British contexts and describes how the South Asian enunciation fed into Indian nation-state historiography and politics in the 1950s. I conclude by describing how Akademi: South Asian Dance, a leading London based arts organisation, explored the ambivalence in the doubled Indian/South Asian label by renaming itself in 1997, and forging new local/global networks of communication and artistic exchange between Indian and British based dancers and choreographers at the turn of the twenty-first century.

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Yau, Alan Hoi Lun, Jo-Ann Ford, Peter Wing Cheung Kwan, Jessica Chan, Queenie Choo, Tim K. Lee, Willie Kwong, Alan Huang, and Eric Yoshida. "Hepatitis B Awareness and Knowledge in Asian Communities in British Columbia." Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology 2016 (2016): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/4278724.

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Background.Our study examined hepatitis B virus (HBV) awareness and knowledge in Asian communities in British Columbia (BC).Methods.A statistical random sample representation of Chinese, Korean, Filipino, South Asian, and Southeast Asian populations in Greater Vancouver was surveyed by telephone. Multiple logistic regression analysis was performed to identify predictors of HBV knowledge.Results.General awareness of HBV was reported in 78.8% (798/1013). HBV awareness was the highest in Chinese (89%) and Filipino (88%) populations and the lowest in the South Asian (56%) population. “Reasonable” knowledge of HBV was elicited in 76.8% (778/1013). Higher HBV knowledge was associated with younger age (p=0.014), higher education (p<0.0001), Chinese ethnicity (p<0.0001), and use of media (p=0.01) and Internet (p=0.024) for health information. Compared to the Chinese (OR = 1.0) population, “reasonable” knowledge of HBV was lower in Korean (OR = 0.3, 95% CI: 0.1–0.5), Filipino (OR = 0.3, 95% CI: 0.2–0.6), South Asian (OR = 0.3, 95% CI: 0.2–0.4), and Southeast Asian (OR = 0.3, 95% CI: 0.1–0.6) populations. 54.8% (555/1013) felt that HBV education was inadequate and 80.1% (811/1013) preferred HBV education in their native languages.Conclusion.Compared to the Chinese population, other Asian communities in BC have lower HBV awareness and knowledge. Public education should target older and less educated and Korean, Filipino, South Asian, and Southeast Asian populations in their native languages via media and Internet.

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ROGERS, JOHN D. "Early British Rule and Social Classification in Lanka." Modern Asian Studies 38, no. 3 (July 2004): 625–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0026749x03001136.

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Recent scholarship has put forward two distinct interpretations of the origins of modern national and communal identity in South Asia. One sees colonial modernity as a radical epistemological break and judges the content of pre-colonial pasts irrelevant for understanding modern politics. According to this view, modern identities are responses to colonial constructions of Asian ‘tradition’. The other approach sees continuities between the late pre-colonial and early colonial periods. For these writers, the origins of modern national and communal identities lie not only in colonial interventions, but also in non-colonial eighteenth-century social formations and in early colonial interaction between the British and South Asians.

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Shams, Manfusa. "SOCIAL SUPPORT, LONELINESS AND FRIENDSHIP PREFERENCE AMONG BRITISH ASIAN AND NON-ASIAN ADOLESCENTS." Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal 29, no. 4 (January 1, 2001): 399–404. http://dx.doi.org/10.2224/sbp.2001.29.4.399.

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This paper aims to investigate the support-seeking behavior of adolescents (14 and 15 years) of South Asian and other backgrounds, the association between friendship choice and perceived feelings of loneliness, and the complex inter-relationship between these variables. Standardized psychological measures were administered to a sample of 824 Asian and other adolescents. The findings for a weighted sample of 651 show that Asian adolescents have higher levels of perceived feelings of loneliness and a lower level of preference for mixed-ethnic friendship than their non-Asian counterparts. A significant difference is also obtained on the support-seeking behavior between Asian and non-Asian adolescents. The development perspectives of the findings that are implicated in the socialization process are discussed.

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Daboo, Jerri. "Transadaptation and Bollywoodisation in Tanika Gupta’s Hobson’s Choice and Wah! Wah! Girls." Journal of Contemporary Drama in English 10, no. 2 (November 1, 2022): 327–43. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/jcde-2022-0024.

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Abstract Tanika Gupta’s varied work as a playwright encompasses transadaptation in a range of forms. This article will focus on two of her plays, Hobson’s Choice (2003/2019) and Wah! Wah! Girls (2012), exploring the ways in which she depicts representations of South Asian communities in Britain in different ways. Hobson’s Choice reworks the original 1916 play to being set among the Bengali community working in the rag trade in Salford. The play focuses on the father of the family, Hari Hobson, who runs a clothing factory and lives with his three daughters. The 2019 reworking of the play changes the setting to a Ugandan Asian family in Manchester in 1987. Wah! Wah! Girls is set in East London, having been commissioned as part of the Cultural Olympiad. Focusing on a mujra-style dancing club and the different communities surrounding it, the play includes transadaptations of well-known dance routines from Bollywood films integrated into the action, playing on nostalgia and familiarity for South Asian communities, as well as offering a picture of contemporary multicultural London. Both plays, in different ways, use transadaptation of setting and form to examine what it means to be British and Asian in different contexts, and this article will analyse whether this is successful in creating a meaningful interrogation of the experience of British South Asians on stage.

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Cutts, David, Edward Fieldhouse, Kingsley Purdam, David Steel, and Mark Tranmer. "Voter Turnout in British South Asian Communities at the 2001 General Election." British Journal of Politics and International Relations 9, no. 3 (August 2007): 396–412. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-856x.2006.00261.x.

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The turnout of 59.4 per cent at the 2001 general election was the lowest since 1918. It has been widely assumed that ethnic or religious minority electors are less likely to vote in general elections than white electors. Furthermore, electoral participation is regarded as both an indicator of the integration of minority communities and the quality of the democratic system. However, existing research that attempts to provide ethnic or religious specific estimates relies heavily on survey data or aggregate data. Most surveys do not overcome the problems of misreporting, non-response bias and a small sample size. Ecological estimates for minority groups are based on potentially spurious inferences from aggregate to individual data. In short, evidence of lower turnout among ethnic and religious minority electors remains inconclusive. Here we use an alternative method to gauge the level of participation among South Asian electors at the 2001 general election. This article uses evidence from complete sets of marked electoral registers from a random sample of 97 wards at the 2001 general election, analysed using names recognition software. This allows a unique analysis of electoral turnout among Britain's South Asian communities. Using religious origin to aid comparisons with other data sources, the results show turnout is as high or higher for South Asian electors than the rest of the population, but this varies by religious groups. For Hindus, turnout was significantly higher than the overall rate. Also using a multi-level logistic regression model, we find that South Asian turnout is statistically significantly higher in areas where there are more South Asians in the electorate, which is where overall turnout rates are much lower.

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Heer, Kuljit, Michael Larkin, and John Rose. "The experiences of British South Asian carers caring for a child with developmental disabilities in the UK." Tizard Learning Disability Review 20, no. 4 (October 5, 2015): 228–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/tldr-12-2014-0044.

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the role of culture in shaping the caregiving experiences of British South Asian families caring for a child with developmental disabilities in the UK. In particular it explores how the coexistence of two distinct cultures (British/South Asian) impacts upon these caregiving experiences. Design/methodology/approach – A qualitative design using in-depth interviews and interpretative phenomenological analysis was used with seven parents identifying as British South Asian who had been born in the UK or had moved to the UK as young people. Findings – Three master themes emerged: living with loss, uncertainty and overwhelming responsibility; learning about disability and facing stigma; and having to cope. Research limitations/implications – Using a relatively homogeneous sample of carers this study provides an insight into how exposure to two different cultures shapes the understanding and adaptations of British South Asian carers in the UK. Social implications – Issues in the acculturation of these parents emerge which demonstrate the tensions they face in relating to both South Asian and Western cultural influences. The study makes recommendations for how services can work with such families in order to help them make sense of their children’s disability, access culturally appropriate support and cope with the numerous demands of being a caregiver. Originality/value – This paper contributes to a growing literature on the experience of South Asian parents who care for children with intellectual disabilities. It has important messages for workers about how to support these individuals most effectively.

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Hancock, Caroline, Silvana Bettiol, and Lesley Smith. "Socioeconomic variation in height: analysis of National Child Measurement Programme data for England." Archives of Disease in Childhood 101, no. 5 (September 4, 2015): 422–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/archdischild-2015-308431.

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ObjectiveShort stature is associated with increased risk of ill health and mortality and can negatively impact on an individual's economic opportunity and psychological well-being. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between height and area-level deprivation by ethnic group in children in England.DesignCross-sectional analysis of data gathered from the National Child Measurement Programme 2008/2009 to 2012/2013.Participants/methodsChildren (n=1 213 230) aged 4–5 and 10–11 years attending state-maintained primary schools in England. Mean height SD score (SDS) (based on the British 1990 growth reference) was calculated for children by Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index as a measure of area-level deprivation. Analyses were performed by sex and age group for white British, Asian and black ethnicities.ResultsFor white British children mean height decreased 0.2 SDS between the least and the most deprived quintile. For Asian children the relationship was weaker and varied between 0.08 and 0.18 SDS. For white British boys the magnitude of association was similar across age groups; for Asian boys the magnitude was higher in the age group of 10–11 years and in white British girls aged 10–11 years the association decreased. Height SDS was similar across all levels of deprivation for black children.ConclusionsSocial inequalities were shown in the height of children from white British and Asian ethnic groups. Further evaluation of height in black children is warranted. Action is needed to reduce inequalities in height by addressing the modifiable negative environmental factors that prevent healthy growth and development of children.

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Sashidharan, S. P. "Institutional racism in British psychiatry." Psychiatric Bulletin 25, no. 7 (July 2001): 244–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1192/pb.25.7.244.

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How racist is British psychiatry? Why does psychiatric practice in this country continue to discriminate against Irish, Black and Asian people? How do we, as a profession, respond to the charge of institutional racism, increasingly accepted as a major problem within British psychiatry?

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Ponnuswami, Meenakshi. "Contemporary Black and Asian Women Playwrights in Britain. By Gabriele Griffin. Cambridge Studies in Modern Theatre. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003; pp. x + 291. $75 cloth." Theatre Survey 46, no. 2 (October 25, 2005): 317–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0040557405240206.

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Gabriele Griffin's study of black and Asian women playwrights in contemporary Britain fills a gap in British theatre studies. Although a comprehensive study of black British theatre has yet to see print, two developments have, in the past decade or so, begun to stimulate critical attention in the field. One is the publication of plays by black and Asian authors, including collections of plays exclusively by women (such as Khadija George's edition of Six Plays by Black and Asian Women Writers of 1993), as well as the more systematic inclusion of works by writers such as Winsome Pinnock and Trish Cooke in anthologies of plays by new British dramatists. A second is the work of British cultural-studies scholars and sociologists during the same period, which has offered theatre historians some new approaches and challenges: Kobena Mercer's Welcome to the Jungle (1994); Catherine Ugwu's Let's Get It On (1995); Baker et al.'s Black British Cultural Studies (1996); Heidi Mirza's edited volume Black British Feminism (1997)—not to mention a vast body of work by Stuart Hall, Avtar Brah, Paul Gilroy, and others. Still, as Griffin notes at the outset, while immigrant and second-generation novels and films have received attention and accolades, black British theatre has tended to be ignored except by a handful of feminist theatre scholars.

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Jang, Seo Yeon and 김영국. "Measuring British Customers’ Motivations for Visiting Asian Restaurants." Journal of International Trade & Commerce 11, no. 6 (December 2015): 109–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.16980/jitc.11.6.201512.109.

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Piela, Anna. "British Asian Muslim Women, Multiple Spatialities, and Cosmopolitanism." American Journal of Islam and Society 31, no. 2 (April 1, 2014): 115–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.35632/ajis.v31i2.1043.

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This book is a valuable contribution to the growing body of research on theexperiences and identities of British Muslim women. Intersections betweengender, ethnicity, and Islam only became a prominent theme in British socialsciences when the need for a careful and fair investigation of Muslim women’srealities arose during the last decade due to the unfolding of several Islamorientedpolicy debates (i.e., politicians’ critiques of the niqab) and the introductionof legislation designed to tackle “violent extremism” and “honorcrimes.” The way these matters were represented in the media and policy documentshas recycled and reinforced the age-old Orientalist stereotypes of Muslimwomen as silent and passive victims of patriarchal oppression.The author challenges these stereotypes, which are often expressedthrough depictions of Muslim women as spatially anchored and restricted.Thus this book focuses on cosmopolitan practices, particularly spatial andsocial transitions, among second-generation British Asian Muslim women.This approach brings together Bhimji’s earlier work, in particular articlesdealing with these women’s online interactions focused on religion (2005),travelling to and belonging in South Asia (2008), and religious study circles(2009). The monograph is updated with new themes (e.g., case studies ofprominent artists) and applies the analytic lens (viz., the concepts of spatialitiesand cosmopolitanism) adopted in her article on traveling overseas, toall of the issues discussed.The idea of these women crossing geographical, political, and socialboundaries runs throughout the book in order to identify how the stereotypemay be challenged. Bhimji demonstrates that cosmopolitanism, commonlyunderstood as a rejection of localized identities in favor of global ones andwhich is based on social, cultural, and economic privilege, may also be interpretedas a willingness to cross boundaries and engage with difference. Asboundaries and differences form a range of spaces, Bhimji builds her argumentby utilizing a multi-method approach to her data. Not only does she engagein “traditional” ethnographic research with the women attending mosquebasedstudy groups in northern England, as well as women who travel to SouthAsia and beyond, but she also includes media texts, online discussion transcripts,and case studies (i.e., a comedian, a poet, a visual artist, and a political ...

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