POST-WAR MULTICULTURALISM IN BRITAIN: IMMIGRATION, NATIONALITY, AND CITIZENSHIP IN LITERATURE

Abstract

Britain is regarded as the ‘salad bowl’ or ‘melting pot’ of diverse cultures and languages which transformed Britain’s identity from ‘reluctant Britishness’ to ‘liberal Britishness’ The current study is an analytical review of multiculturalism in post-war Britain grappling with the issues of immigrants, nationality, and citizenship provided in different Asian British Literature, written mostly by the South Asian diaspora. The study provides an account of the ordeals faced by immigrant communities from different corners of the world, constantly being targeted by the native British society merely agreeing that British imperialism has lost its ground. The select diaspora literature, mostly written by the South Asian community has well-versed documentation of the concerned issues of the immigrant communities and their quest to live an equitable social life in Britain.