Cultural identities among Greek Diaspora in the UK

Athanasia Chalari

GreeSE – Hellenic Observatory Papers on Greece and Southeast Europe from Hellenic Observatory, LSE

Abstract: The aim of this study is to explore the ways Greek born, permanent residents in the UK (Greek diaspora in the UK), experience their Greek, British and/or Greek diasporised cultural identities especially in relation to integration and social cohesion within the host culture. 30 in depth interviews have been conducted and analysed through interpretative phenomenology revealing multi-layered experience of multicultural identity through six certain and distinct ways involving constant negotiation between the: a)Greek cultural origin of homeland, b) Greek diasporised culture in the UK and c) British culture. A rather unanticipated finding relates with participants’ almost unanimous hesitation in belonging or committing to British national identity which paradoxically co-exists with their undisputed active and productive contribution towards social cohesion among British society.

Keywords: Greek; British; Cultural; ethnic; national; citizenship; diaspora identity; integration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024-12
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