A British Subject

Author : Catherine Ingrassia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780813948089
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750 written by Catherine Ingrassia and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Britain, captivity emerged as a persistent metaphor as well as a material reality. The exercise of power on both an institutional and a personal level created conditions in which those least empowered, particularly women, perceived themselves to be captive subjects. This "domestic captivity" was inextricably connected to England's systematic enslavement of kidnapped Africans and the wealth accumulation realized from those actions, even as early fictional narratives suppressed or ignored the experience of the enslaved. Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750 explores how captivity informed identity, actions, and human relationships for white British subjects as represented in fictional texts by British authors from the period. This work complicates interpretations of canonical authors such as Aphra Behn, Richard Steele, and Eliza Haywood and asserts the importance of authors such as Penelope Aubin and Edward Kimber. Drawing on the popular press, unpublished personal correspondence, and archival documents, Catherine Ingrassia provides a rich cultural description that situates literary texts from a range of genres within the material world of captivity. Ultimately, the book calls for a reevaluation of how literary texts that code a heretofore undiscussed connection to the slave trade or other types of captivity are understood.

Author : Nigel Rapport
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 100018059X
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Subjects written by Nigel Rapport and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-25 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The anthropology of Britain is hotly debated. What does it mean to live in Britain and to be 'British', and is an anthropology of Britain even a legitimate undertaking? British Subjects presents a forthright voice in this debate. Key anthropological concerns such as community, rationality, aesthetics, the body, power, work and leisure, nationalism and transnationalism are found reflected in the lives of a wide range of British 'subjects'--from farmers to dancers, children to retired miners, new-agers to entrepreneurs. In disputing traditional claims that anthropology 'at home' and 'of one's own' is misconceived, unnecessary or unperceptive, this book clearly establishes that an anthropology of Britain can set excellent standards of subtle ethnography and complex analysis. Providing a nuanced appreciation of the intricacies of British society, this book shows how the anthropological study of Britain can offer an enlightening paradigm for the study of individual lives.

Author : Dolar Popat
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785905295
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A British Subject written by Dolar Popat and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2019-08-20 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FOREWORD by David Cameron Fleeing Idi Amin's regime, seventeen year-old Ugandan Indian immigrant Dolar Popat landed at Heathrow in 1971 with just £10 and a cardboard suitcase to his name but with everything to prove. Fuelled by a tenacious entrepreneurial spirit, a sharp talent for finance and an unparalleled drive for success, Popat worked relentlessly to pay his gratitude to the country that offered him a fresh start: Great Britain. With this same passion, he tells the incredible story of his journey from Wimpy Bar waiter to business magnate to member of the House of Lords. Despite battling prejudice, he found allies in the Conservative Party and, with guidance from David Cameron and his spiritual leader, Morari Bapu, has become one of the most influential people in commerce and politics today. Full of life lessons and business wisdom, A British Subject is a timely testament to the importance of integration in Britain. A love letter to his adopted country, this is the inspirational tale of how the barefoot boy from the streets of Tororo now treads the corridors of Parliament.

Author : Thom Brooks
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1785900153
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Becoming British written by Thom Brooks and published by Biteback Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-24 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Syrian asylum seekers to super-rich foreign investors, immigration is one of the most controversial issues facing Britain today. Politicians kick the subject from one election to the next with energetic but ineffectual promises to 'crack down', while newspaper editors plaster it across front pages. But few know the truth behind the headlines; indeed, the almost daily changes to our complex immigration laws pile up so quickly that even the officials in charge struggle to keep up. In this clear, concise guide, Thom Brooks, one of the UK's leading experts on British citizenship - and a newly initiated British citizen himself - deftly navigates the perennially thorny path, exploding myths and exposing absurdities along the way. Ranging from how to test for 'Britishness' to how to tackle EU 'free movement', Becoming British explores how UK immigration really works - and sparks a long-overdue debate about how it should work. Combining expert analysis with a blistering critique of the failings of successive governments, this is the definitive guide to one of the most hotly disputed issues in the UK today. Wherever you stand on the immigration debate, Brooks's wryly observed account is the essential road map.

Author : E. Smith
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137280441
Total Pages : 259 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Race, Gender and the Body in British Immigration Control written by E. Smith and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-07-29 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyses the practice of virginity testing endured by South Asian women who wished to enter Britain between the late 1960s and the early 1980s, and places this practice into a wider historical context. Using recently opened government documents the extent to which these women were interrogated and scrutinized at the border is uncovered.

Author : Nichola McAuliffe
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1849436959
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A British Subject written by Nichola McAuliffe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of 18, Mirza Tahir Hussain, a British Subject, arrived in Pakistan. 24 hours later a taxi driver was dead and Tahir was tried for his murder. Condemned to hang in the Criminal Court he spent the following 7 years on death row. Released on appeal, he prepared to return home to Leeds but was sent back to death row by a Sharia Court. He stayed there for a further 11 years. Don Mackay of the Daily Mirror was the only journalist to visit him in that time. A British Subject is the true account of what happened... A British Subject opened at the 2009 Edinburgh Fringe.

Author : Catherine Ingrassia
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 081394810X
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660–1750 written by Catherine Ingrassia and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2022-06-29 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Britain, captivity emerged as a persistent metaphor as well as a material reality. The exercise of power on both an institutional and a personal level created conditions in which those least empowered, particularly women, perceived themselves to be captive subjects. This "domestic captivity" was inextricably connected to England’s systematic enslavement of kidnapped Africans and the wealth accumulation realized from those actions, even as early fictional narratives suppressed or ignored the experience of the enslaved. Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660–1750 explores how captivity informed identity, actions, and human relationships for white British subjects as represented in fictional texts by British authors from the period. This work complicates interpretations of canonical authors such as Aphra Behn, Richard Steele, and Eliza Haywood and asserts the importance of authors such as Penelope Aubin and Edward Kimber. Drawing on the popular press, unpublished personal correspondence, and archival documents, Catherine Ingrassia provides a rich cultural description that situates literary texts from a range of genres within the material world of captivity. Ultimately, the book calls for a reevaluation of how literary texts that code a heretofore undiscussed connection to the slave trade or other types of captivity are understood.

Author : British Subject
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 23 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Order in Government: the British Plan. A Poem. Inscribed to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. By a British Subject written by British Subject and published by . This book was released on 1741 with total page 23 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Right of British Subjects, to Petition and Apply to Their Representatives, Asserted and Vindicated written by and published by . This book was released on 1733 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Dolar Popat
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781785905254
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A British Subject written by Dolar Popat and published by . This book was released on 2019-08 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: `I adore the diversity found in Britain, from the different street cuisines to the festivals that light up our high streets. Yet I have always thought that in return for this variety, we must always respect and adopt the British values, traditions and culture around us. This is the sort of tolerant and inclusive Britain we want, not communities living separate lives, isolating themselves and their children. When all communities come together, barriers come down and diversity can be truly celebrated.' A love letter to his adopted country, A British Subject tells the story of Dolar Popat, who fled Idi Amin's Uganda and who, from humble beginnings, became extremely successful in both commerce and politics in Great Britain. This is the powerful and thought-provoking account of his first years in Britain in the 1970s, when he worked in a fast-food restaurant, through his building multiple businesses, to his current activity as a politician in the House of Lords. Full of life lessons and business wisdom, this is a multi-layered book for all those who find themselves crossing boundaries of identity. At its core is the importance of asserting a genuine loyalty to Britain.