Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From? by Audrey Osler - ISBN: 9780349014616
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Migration, identity, and belonging: A family’s three-century story shaped by empire.

Where Are You From? No, Where are You Really From?

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    224 pages

  • Release Date

    25 November 2024

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Summary

A story of migration, identity and belonging, drawing on the stories of people from Audrey Osler’s mixed-heritage family, over three centuries.

Whether or not we trace our families from beyond the shores of Britain, we British people deserve a better understanding of our shared past, and opportunities to explore and recognise the complexities and contractions of empire.

Careless or wilful amnesia has allowed the British migration narrative to begin in the mid-twentieth century…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780349014616
ISBN-10:0349014612
Author:Audrey Osler
Publisher:Little, Brown Book Group
Imprint:Virago Press Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:224
Release Date:25 November 2024
Weight:200g
Dimensions:196mm x 126mm x 20mm
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Critics Review

Lovely, perceptive and timely… weaving the threads of colonialism, migration, mixed-race relationships and other life experiences into the tapestry of Britishness today, it is wonderful * Yasmin Alibhai-Brown *The power is in the gentle, almost lyrically intimate force of the tale and its many messages, so courageously put, with generosity. Timely, affecting, and so darn necessary at this moment. Thank you, Audrey Osler, I say * Philippe Sands *

About The Author

Audrey Osler

Audrey Osler is Professor Emerita of Citizenship and Human Rights Education at the University of Leeds. She is widely known for her research on teachers’ lives and careers, children’s rights, and racial justice, and has worked as an educator in many countries, predominantly in Europe, East Asia and North America. She has acted as an expert advisor to the Council of Europe, UNESCO and a range of national governments. Her books have been translated into many languages, including Japanese and Chinese.

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