


Volume 20 No 20 (2022)
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Hyphenated Existence of British Asians in Meera Syal’s Anita and Me
A. Bercina Fernando, Dr. F. Mary Priya
Abstract
Multiple roles and identities, including those related to family, territory, class, religion, ethnicity, and
gender, make up the self. Therefore, identity is viewed as a crucial factor in determining an
individual’s personality. Meena Kumar, the protagonist of Meera Syal’s Anita and Me(1996), is also
searching for her true identity. Meena, a second generation immigrant, finds ethnic identity perplexing
because it is more closely linked to ancestry than to geography.Familial ties, friendship, relationships, life
choices and interactions with people around us are some of the factors that contribute to the formation of
an individual’s identity. These myriad influences shape anindividual’s identity as they grow up. Finding a
real and completely fitting identity seems to be a difficult task because identity construction is a never
ending process.This paper is an attempt to analyse how identity is dynamic and continuously alters itself in
the course of a life’s journey as a result of experiences
Keywords
British Asian, Cultural Identity, Ethnicity, Family, Racism.
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