Rebellion: second generation Bangladeshi immigrants in brick lane by Monica Ali
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2013
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Kocaeli Üniversitesi
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Abstract
Brick Lane is one of the few novels which reflect the lives of first and second generation Bangladeshi immigrants in Britain. Although Brick Lane focuses on Nazneen as central character, the novel provides very rich information about the life styles, work patterns, family structure, and cultural, social, economic and religious dynamics of the Bangladeshi community in Brick Lane. Ali also shows that the second-generation young Bangladeshis are distinct with their frequent clashes with their parents, their community or the British society at large. Some of them seek solace and solution either in alcohol, drugs and gangs or they unite in religious communities to endure, to oppose and to revolt against these grievances. The 2001 Race Riots which erupted in several British cities against the police and the system as a whole and the long-distance impact of the 9/11 attacks are coincidental with Shahana’s escape from home in order not to be taken to Bangladesh and these events intermingle.
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Monica Ali, Brick lane, Bangladeshi immigrants, Second-generation immigrants
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Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi
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6
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26
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Töngür, A. N. (2013). Rebellion: second generation Bangladeshi immigrants in brick lane by Monica Ali. Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi. 6(26), s. 561-567.
