Issues of Identity. Caribbean Immigrants Struggling in Britain in Caryl Phillips' Play "Strange Fruit"
Silvia Schilling
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Englische Sprachwissenschaft / Literaturwissenschaft
Beschreibung
Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 1,3, University of Constance, course: Hauptseminar: “Criss-Crossing the Atlantic”: Caribbean Culture and Writing in Britain, language: English, abstract: This term paper analyses identity conflicts of the Caribbean immigrants struggling in Great Britain in Caryl Phillips´ play "Strange Fruit". First, the term ´identity´ is defined and the historical background concerning Caribbean immigration in Great Britain and Pan-Africanism is provided. Then, the identitiy issues of the play´s immigrants are discussed. This discussion includes the first-generation immigrant Vivien Marshall as well as the second-generation immigrants Errol and Alvin, Vivien´s two sons. Notions such as "playing white" and "playing black" as well as illusions and disillusionment are presented and analyzed in detail.
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First-generation immigrants, Great Britain, Caribbean, Caribbean Immigrant, Identity of Immigrants, Immigration, Strange Fruit, Identity, Second-generation immigrants, Caryl Phillips, Play by Caryl Phillips, Issues of Identity, Multiculturalism