Deconstructing the South-Asian diaspora : diversity and variety with cultural globalisation.

• Main Author: Sharmiela Shahalam.
• Other Authors: Sim Wai Chew
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: DRNTU::Humanities::Literature::English
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/44428
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Using a thematic approach, this essay will evaluate cosmopolitanism by considering its relationship with issues of race. It argues that the concept of cosmopolitanism is inadequate and impractical while focusing on the South-Asian diaspora, particularly of the Indian immigrants in Britain. The prima...