White memories, white belonging: Competing colonial anniversaries in 'postcolonial' east London

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Wemyss, Georgie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bangladeshi; Belonging; Bengal; Bengali; British Empire; East End; East India Company; Jamestown; Postcolonial; Whiteness

Indexed keywords

EID: 55249089478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1801     Document Type: Review

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