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The British Empire and Commonwealth
The rise of the British Empire
1600 : Exploration of North America and formation of East India Company – influence in Asia
1788: Australia
1840: New Zealand
19th cent. colonisation of West and South Africa
By the early part of 20th century Britain ruled over a quarter of the world
“The Empire on which the sun never sets.”
Motives to create a huge empire
Wish for international power and prestige
Supply of raw materials
Empire as a great triumph
Consequences
Mother country had a duty to teach British values to the indigenous populations
White people were more developed and had the right to rule over everyone else
Indigenous people were treated badly
17th and 18th trade in slaves
Regardes as natural servants of their white rulers
Racist views were normal
The fall of the British Empire
From 19th century on colonies became a Dominion (relatively independent territory in the British Empire)
1901 Australia
1907 New Zealand
1910 South Africa
Commonwealth of Nations (mother country and dominions had equal status and accepted the British monarch as head of Commonwealth)
The fall of the British Empire
World War II speeded up the break-up
After the war: neither the money nor the will to keep and defend a big empire
1947 independence of India
Post-colonial consequences
Despite the often violent British rule , they learnt about the British ideas and values
Many ex-colonies chose a British style of democracy and legal, financial and education system
English as a common language
Pakistani communities in GB
Have been travelling to GB from as early as the 17th century
Migration wave in the 1950s and 1960s
To fill unskilled jobs (in textile industry)
Second largest ethnic minority group
Considering the historical facts, …
which problems might 1st generation Pakistani immigrants had to face when arriving in GB?
what effect have had these problems on their children (2nd generation)?
Problems and conflicts of 2nd/3rd generation immigrants
in UK
Sometimes I feel likeI´m caught betweentwo worlds.
Problems and conflicts of 2nd/3rd generation immigrants in UK
Cultural identity (according to Stuart Hall)
Cultural identity is a matter of “becoming” as well as of “being”. It belongs to the future as much as to the past.
Cultural identity (according to Stuart Hall)
Identity is a production, which is never complete, always in process, and always constituted within, not outside, representation.
Cultural identity (according to Stuart Hall)
Cultural identity as a shared culture, a sort of collective “one true self” hiding inside the many other, more superficial or artificially imposed “selves” which people with a shared history and ancestry hold in common.
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