Both Not Half - 'Few people write about identity with such fluency and sincerity' SATHNAM SANGHERA

Feeling caught between two worlds, it wasn't long before Jassa embarked on a call to action: we need to change how we think and talk about mixed identity. By delving into the media we grew up consuming and the legacies of empire we have been taught, Ahluwalia asks: is there anything to be learnt from Rudyard Kipling?

About the author

Jassa Ahluwalia is a British actor, writer, filmmaker and trade unionist. Born in Coventry to a white English mum and a brown Punjabi dad in 1990, he attended school in Leicester and was raised in an extended family environment. He spoke English in the playground, Punjabi with his grandparents, and spent various summer holidays in India. He came to prominence as Rocky in the hit BBC Three series Some Girls, followed by starring roles in Unforgotten, Ripper Street, and Peaky Blinders.

Jassa created the hashtag #BothNotHalf to explore mixed identity in light of his own British-Indian heritage. His TEDx talk on 'How Language Shapes Identity' has clocked up over 180k views and his BBC One documentary Am I English? won an Asian Media Award in 2022.

Summary

Feeling caught between two worlds, it wasn't long before Jassa embarked on a call to action: we need to change how we think and talk about mixed identity. By delving into the media we grew up consuming and the legacies of empire we have been taught, Ahluwalia asks: is there anything to be learnt from Rudyard Kipling?

Foreword

A groundbreaking and revolutionary look at the mixed-heritage experience by actor and filmmaker Jassa Ahluwalia

Product details

• Authors: Jassa Ahluwalia
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.05.2024
• EAN: 9781788708319
• ISBN: 978-1-78870-831-9
• No. of pages: 352
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 224 mm x 31 mm
• Weight: 456 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Society & social sciences, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations, PSYCHOLOGY / Mental Health, India, Narrative theme: Politics, The self, ego, identity, personality, Local interest, family history & nostalgia, Social discrimination & inequality, Mixed heritage / mixed race groups or people, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Sex and sexuality, social aspects