From Outside In: Refugees and British Society

Author: Counterpoint

from-outside-in_cover A collection of memoir, fiction and poetry that explores being British from the perspective of the newly arrived.

This anthology brings together contributions by poets, playwrights, journalists and those with no previous writing experience from fifteen different countries to reflect on what Britain and British cultural identity means to them. Each piece is preceded by an introductory paragraph which contextualises the personal experience of the author and provides a link to the wider debates on refugees and identity. Importantly this book highlights the diversity of refugee experience, not simply in its involvement of different races and nationalities but in the attitudes and reactions of those involved.

Contributors include the journalist Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, the poet George Szirtes and the late historian Richard Grunberger.

Published by Arcadia Books

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Identities and the self

The 21^st century forces us to live in a perpetual paradox—a world which is increasingly interconnected and interdependent, in which communication is apparently easier and cheaper than ever before, but in which we easily feel vulnerable, incomplete or adrift as individuals—a world in which diversity is often an opportunity but still too often lived as a burden.

Counterpoint is asking: how do we develop a sense of self that simultaneously contributes to a much needed collective capacity? And can we do so?

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CounterpointStimulating debate with the British Council

From Outside In: Refugees and British Society

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Identities and the self