TY  - JOUR
TT  - COMPARING BRITISH AND CARIBBEAN NATIONHOOD IN THE LONELY LONDONERS
AU  - Karagöz, Cengiz
PY  - 2019
DA  - September
DO  - 10.30520/tjsosci.553133
JF  - The Journal of Social Science
JO  - TJSS
PB  - Cenk AKSOY
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2587-0807
SP  - 414
EP  - 424
VL  - 3
IS  - 6
LA  - en
KW  - Selvon
KW  - Nation
KW  - Race
KW  - Britain
KW  - Caribbean
KW  - Immigrants
KW  - London
N2  - Concepts of nation and nationalism have been among mainly debated pointsin the fields of social sciences since the spread of nation-states in Europewhich goes back to especially the last decades of the nineteenth century andthe first decades of the twentieth century. However, these concepts have beendiscussed not only among the European nations but also among the Third Worldcountries which gained their independence and which were left by their nativecitizens who wished to immigrate to the European metropolises because of avariety of reasons and attractions. As a member of such immigrants from theCaribbean islands who floated into London after the Second World War, SamSelvon touches upon the perceptions of nation and nationalism in The Lonely Londoners by reflecting theseconcepts from the viewpoint of the British nation and the Caribbean nation inthe light of the Caribbean immigrants in Britain through different norms whichplay the basic role in defining a nation. Selvon can be thought to assert thatwhile the British society bases its principles in defining a nation ondiscrimination and racial characteristics, particularly its superiority overthe black immigrants and nations, the Caribbean immigrants identify these normsby emphasizing their common cultural elements and their potentials rather thanracial and ethnic divisions and by adapting themselves to their collectivelygenerated and fused values over time.
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