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Have (or how have) representations of the ethnic or national 'other' changed in post-war Britain?
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Have (or how have) representations of the ethnic or national 'other' changed in post-war Britain? In order to address this question we must firstly define what is meant by the 'other', migrants often labeled under the umbrella term Blacks. For the purpose of this essay it will refer to mainly Asian and Muslim ethnic communities. We will explore various discourses concerned with identity and subjectivity with particular attention being offered to issues of gender, religion and migration. The implications of the Rushdie affair and the September 11th atrocities will also be highlighted. Attention will be given to Enoch Powell's 1968 'Rivers of Blood' speech and comparisons made with the proposals suggested by current Home Secretary, David Blunkett in the government's 2002 white paper entitled 'Secure Borders, Safe Haven'. These two examples will be used to analyse whether or not the discourses surrounding 'otherness' have in fact changed. Essentialist and anti-essentialist approaches...
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