What's in a Name? - Friendship, Identity History in Modern Multicultural Britain: A New

''A brilliantly enlightening book . . . at times moving, at others ironic, full of insights and detail'' Michael Rosen ''A kaleidoscopic portrait of the UK'' Irish Times Our names are so mundane that we barely notice them. Yet each contains countless stories of tradition and belonging - be that a legacy of colonialism or persecution, the desire to fit in, or the complex cultural inheritance from one''s parents. In What''s in a Name? , Sheela Banerjee unravels the personal histories of friends and family through their names. And while tracing their heritage across centuries and continents - from west London to British India, and from 1960s Jamaica to pre-Revolutionary Russia - Sheela also tells the story of twentieth-century immigration to the UK. Blending history, memoir and politics, What''s in a Name? is a celebration of Britain''s rich multiculturalism, an ode to friendship and a testament to all the stories held within our names. ''A bsolutely fascinating . . . t he stories woven into this superb book will stay with me for a long time. I cannot recommend it highly enough'' Priscilla Morris, author of Black Butterflies

Product details

• Authors: Sheela Banerjee
• Publisher: Sceptre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 01.08.2024
• EAN: 9781529367607
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-6760-7
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 24 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, Prose: non-fiction, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Social & cultural history, Social groups, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Social and cultural history, Social groups and identities, Biography and non-fiction prose, Genealogy, heraldry, names & honours, Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours, Historical and comparative linguistics