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'Am I Less British?' explores the experiences of the children of refugees and immigrants in North London, whose parents migrated from Turkey.

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'a valuable contribution to the discourse on identity, belonging, and the lived experiences of the children of refugees and immigrants in a transnational context.' Ethnic and Racial Studies

'[...] ""Am I Less British?"" gives voice to a critical group of people, whose complex feelings of belonging may foreshadow the future of identities in diversifying societies. 'Substantially, ""Am I Less British?"" engages with scholarship on multiculturalism, superdiversity, and conviviality, and will be relevant to scholars working in Turkish and Kurdish diaspora studies, migration studies, and urban studies who are interested in citizenship and belonging, ethnic and racial identities, home and placemaking, and the intersections of class, ethnicity, and place. I particularly appreciated Şimşek's attention to class - much-needed in scholarship on migration and diversity. Another strength of this book is that Şimşek situates her interlocutors' narratives of belonging in a transnational context, because their identities, social relations, and modes of belonging are not only impacted by the ""racialised hierarchies of Britishness"" (p. 1), but also by Turkey's ""authoritarian and anti-Kurdish landscape"" (p. 166). Şimşek then further hones in on London, North London, and specific neighborhoods as sites of belonging in their own right. This attention to multiple levels of place - beyond nation-states - should be commended [....] Chapter 6, which gives the book its title and, in my view, is a particularly strong chapter, Şimşek explores how her interlocutors negotiate and perform identities.'.' International Migration Review 'A valuable contribution to the discourse on identity, belonging, and the lived experiences of the children of refugees and immigrants in a transnational context.' Ethnic and Racial Studies

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Doğuş Şimşek is Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology at Kingston University, London.

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