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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction: A Question of Identity -- PART ONE: BRITISH IDENTITY -- 1 Being Bom Lost? The Cultural and Institutional Dimensions of Welsh Identity -- 2 The Northern Irish Identity -- 3 'A Good Jew or a Good Englishman?': The Jewish Lads' Brigade and Anglo-Jewish Identity -- 4 Issues of Identity through the Synagogue: British Jewish Women in the late Twentieth Century -- 5 Paths and Pitfalls in the Exploration of British Bangladeshi Identity -- 6 The Search for Wholeness: The Construction of National and Islamic Identities among British Bangladeshis -- 7 Identity, Age and Masculinity amongst Bengali Elders in East London -- 8 Caribbean Identities and the British Context: Creolisation as a Common Framework -- PART TWO: EUROPEAN, AFRICAN AND AMERICAN IDENTITY -- 9 German Identity after Reunification -- 10 Immigration, European Integration and the Representation of Migrant Interests -- 11 A Concept of European Union Citizenship: Problems and Possibilities -- 12 Political Identities and Social Struggle in Africa -- 13 Bilingualism and the Construction of a New 'American' Identity -- Index

Exploring the dynamics that drive the processes of immigrant settlement and assimilation, this fascinating book looks at whether these are solely the outcome of the temporal setting, cultural background, and the contemporaneous socio-economic and political conditions, or whether there are factors which, irrespective of the prevailing environment, are constant features in the symbiosis between the outsider and the insider. Focusing on the area of Spitalfields in East London, this volume compares and contrasts the settlement, integration and assimilation processes undergone by three dif.

Abstract
The relationship between migration and food is one that takes many forms. For the migrant in Britain food has played a much greater role than simply providing nourishment on a regular basis. This article illustrates the way in which, for migrants, food has contributed to the construction and perception of outsider identity; how it has been used as a weapon by the racist and xenophobic, yet for other incomers has been the source of entrepreneurial wealth. In addition, it highlights the way in which food has contributed to cultural fusion and cultural separation as well as to religious tolerance and antipathy.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Series Editor's Preface -- Introduction -- Migration, Gender and Ageing -- A Brief History of Migration from Bangladesh -- Bangladeshis in the UK -- Existing Research on Bangladeshis -- Tower Hamlets and the Growth of the Bangladeshi Population -- Background to the Research -- The Sample -- Book Outline -- 1 Conceptual Framework -- Intersectionality -- Intersectionality and Identity -- Applying Intersectionality to this Study -- 2 Methodology -- Developing a Relationship with Place and Space -- Phase One -- Phase Two -- The Interviews -- Qualitative Longitudinal Research -- Reflexivity in Research -- Conclusion -- 3 Belonging -- Marriage -- Arrival -- Use of Space -- Growth of the Community -- Return Visits to Bangladesh -- Conclusion -- 4 Language, Citizenship and Britishness -- Language and Citizenship Policies -- Desire to Speak English -- Work -- Family Responsibilities -- Isolation and Integration -- Barriers to Learning -- Britishness -- Conclusion -- 5 The Family -- Migration and Changing Kin Networks -- The Patriarchal Bargain -- Transnational Marriages -- Non-arranged Marriages -- Ageing and Changing Intergenerational Relations -- The Changing Material Circumstances of the Family -- Grandparenting -- The Mobility of the Family -- Conclusion -- 6 Care and Welfare -- Care in the Bangladeshi Community -- Carers in the Study -- Gender and Family Care -- Use of Care Services -- Comparisons with Bangladesh -- Ageing and Widowhood -- Housing and care -- Conclusion -- 7 Religion -- Religion and Arrival to the UK -- The Importance of Religion -- The Spatial Dynamics of Religion -- Women, Home and Religion -- Women's Religious Groups -- Women's Use of Mosques -- Religiosity of the Second Generation -- Hijab.

As the EU continues its integration process, the concepts of culture and transnational European belonging remain ambivalent, whether in the realm of socio-historical representation or mass politics. Engaging with recent scholarly debates surrounding the formation of collective transnational identities, this collection draws on the latest empirical case studies to explore the meaning and composition of European identity, the mechanisms that create and shape it and the question of whom it includes. Each author pays close attention to the cultural aspects of identity formation, whether manifested in official, institutional articulations, such as symbols, coinage, ceremonies and discursive manifestations, or in the cultures of the everyday, such as through new forms of communication networks, consumption or leisure. Exploring attempts by various actors - institutions, groups, individuals - to create transnational European identities, European Identity and Culture scrutinizes the cultural formations that have either reignited or emerged in often contradictory relations to the EU project, including local, regional and transnational allegiances. A rich, interdisciplinary investigation of the role of culture in the formation of European identity, whether as a central building block to unity or as a formidable obstacle to a common sense of purpose, this book will be of interest to scholars across the social sciences and humanities working on questions of political culture, European integration, citizenship and (trans-) national identity.