A03 context immigrant fiction comparison Flashcards
What were key points made by cultural critic Dalia Mogahed in her Ted Talk about being a muslim in America post 9/11
• 80% of news coverage about Islam and Muslims is negative
• most Americans don’t know a Muslim
• They talk about our community like we are a tumour in the body of America … They either remove it or keep it under surveillance… we are not a tumour but a vital organ
• National Muslim organisations warned Muslims in America to be alert, be aware, to not congregate immediately post 9/11
What were key context points made by the British Pathé in Our Jamaican problem 1955
• ‘Nationwide concern is felt at the influx of British West Indians who come in search of hope’
• By 1954, 10,000 immigrants had come to Britain, by 1955 15,000 had - exponential growth
• ‘Despite our reservations, they have a perfect right to be here’
• ‘Contrary to reports, the influx of immigrants doesn’t lead to the unemployment of white people’
What key points about 9/11 were made by historian John Green in Crash Course?
• almost 3000 people died
• the attacks were carried out by al Qaeda
• George Bush introduced the Bush doctrine, launching a ‘Global war on terror’, stating that ‘Either you are with us or you are with the terrorists’
- As a result Air strikes were launched on 7th October by the US on Afghanistan as the Taliban had connections with Al Qaeda leader
- Then in 2003 Iraq are invaded by US
• Bush’s popularity reportedly increased by 90% in the weeks following 9/11 (Wikipedia)
Key points/ facts from British African-Caribbean people Wikipedia
• estimated that the number of people from the West Indies grew from 15,000 in 1951 to 172,000 in 1961
• became publicised by British newspapers in 2016 that the Home Office had tried to deport British commonwealth immigrants that had arrived before 1973 if they couldn’t provide passports, despite having legally travelled under their parents passports 1948 nationality act
What was the 2011 Prevent Scheme?
the Department of Education introduced the scheme in order to prevent radicalism, often by promoting ‘British fundamental values’
What does critic Rebecca Balfourth say about Hortense’s voice?
•suggests that Hortense speaks in ‘old-fashioned, primly spoken English.’
• suggests that Hortense’s voice ‘acts as a barrier’ in some cases
What does critic Diane Crimp say about Hortense’s expectations about England?
• suggests that Hortense has a ‘tendency to idealise’
What does critic George Norton suggest about Changez’ identity due to his experience with capitalist America
• Changez ‘sacrificed his identity to the power of the dollar’
• Post 9/11 Changez experiences ‘disenchantment with his capitalist affiliations’
What did Hamid say about his intention for the Reluctant fundamentalist
he wanted it to be a ‘kind of mirror’ designed to make the reader consider their own politics and beliefs
What did Hamid say about hybrid identities
‘to be a human being and to be a hybrid being are the same thing’
What does critic George Norton say about Changez’ voice in the reluctant fundamentalist
the use of dramatic monologue ‘refuses a single definitive meaning’
What are Rushdie’s Imaginary homelands?
places that are fixed in the past so have to be mythically represented, reflects feelings of patriotism post 9/11 in america
What does critic Georgina Ramsay say about the reasons for Caribbeans joining the armed forces in WW2
they felt they had a ‘familial duty to England’
What does Critic Georgina Ramsaysuggest about the relationship between immigrants and the mother country?
•the Mother Country’s rejection of Caribbean immigrants is an ‘act of violence’
• ‘an infantilising, unloving version of maternal control’
What does critic Georgina Ramsay say about Bernard in Small Island
his attitude represents ‘the feelings of many White Britons in post- war london’ who felt ‘threatened by the rising number of Caribbean immigrants’
