Guido Maiwald

Asian-british Inter-ethnic Relationships As Reviewed in the Movie Bend It Like Beckham Guido Maiwald

Scholarly Essay from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Other, printed single-sided, grade: -, -, language: English, abstract: The United Kingdom has one of the fastest growing mixed-raced populations worldwide. Despite the recent racially motivated violence mainly in northern towns, different ethnic communities are beginning to embrace with British culture. Inter-ethnic relationships like those in which Michael Caine, newsreader Trevor McDonald, singer Sade and writer Salman Rushdie are living in are becoming accepted and promoted by officials and the public. This work will try on the one hand to review the situation of people with Asian (especially Indian and Bangladeshi) migrant background and on the other hand, the problems that are focussed in the movie "Bend it like Beckham".