Reflections on Connectedness and Alienation. The Case of South Asian Diaspora(n)s in Great Britain
Reflections on Connectedness and Alienation. The Case of South Asian Diaspora(n)s in Great Britain

Summary/Abstract: (Im)migrants need to go through a complicated process of adaptation which presupposes levels of alienation and/or connectedness towards the ‘host’/’home’ country influenced by external or personal factors. The generation factor divides levels of connectedness and of alienation as younger diasporics may be more connected to the ‘host’ country and view their country of origin as simply a point of reference. Another influential factor is the transnational families’ fear of ghettoization (Bryceson and Vuorela, 2002). The paper analyses diasporics’ levels of connectedness and alienation towards the ‘home’ culture and the factors that influence these levels and are sometimes reflected by pieces of writing or films of the South Asian diaspora in Britain. The second part of the paper addresses the thorny topic of European identity in connection with diasporic communities/groups living in UK with a view to how ‘connected’ or ‘alienated’ these may feel towards this new type of identity.

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