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Riaz Khan

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Description:In a true story of our times, Riaz Khan gives his colourful account of growing up a multicultural individual in a multi-ethnic Britain. The son of traditional Pakistani parents in Leicester - the Midlands city where Asians constitute a third of the population - he found his own identity in the early 1980's, when he adopted football's 'casual' culture. In KHAN, the eponymous author describes the era when the British-born children of Asian immigrants began to cross-pollinate with working-class English kids. At odds with the strict Muslim values of his parents, he describes how his adoption of the soul-boy look of the 80's coincided with his acceptance into Leicester City FC's hooligan 'Baby Squad' . No longer a traditional 'Paki' - according to the racist parlance of the time - he and his fellow young Asians were the heralds of a hybrid youth culture. Introduced to new Asian gangs such as the Wongs, the Razz and the Riffs, Riaz founded his own 'firm' (the YTS), as he, his brother Suf and their peers confounded the old stereotype of Asians as passive and studious. In the environs of their multiracial football 'firm', they are truly at home; outside the tiny world of kick-offs and punch-ups, the author still sometimes finds himself labelled an alien - not only by skinhead BNP members but by his own family. As Riaz Khan describes: 'We were proud to be British and not Pakistani. I did not want to have an arranged marriage or go to weddings or religious ceremonies. But the community used to shun us for not being 'ethnic' enough . . .' This is his story. This is a portrait of melting-pot Britain in the making.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoirs of an Asian Football Casual. To get started finding Memoirs of an Asian Football Casual, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In a true story of our times, Riaz Khan gives his colourful account of growing up a multicultural individual in a multi-ethnic Britain. The son of traditional Pakistani parents in Leicester - the Midlands city where Asians constitute a third of the population - he found his own identity in the early 1980's, when he adopted football's 'casual' culture. In KHAN, the eponymous author describes the era when the British-born children of Asian immigrants began to cross-pollinate with working-class English kids. At odds with the strict Muslim values of his parents, he describes how his adoption of the soul-boy look of the 80's coincided with his acceptance into Leicester City FC's hooligan 'Baby Squad' . No longer a traditional 'Paki' - according to the racist parlance of the time - he and his fellow young Asians were the heralds of a hybrid youth culture. Introduced to new Asian gangs such as the Wongs, the Razz and the Riffs, Riaz founded his own 'firm' (the YTS), as he, his brother Suf and their peers confounded the old stereotype of Asians as passive and studious. In the environs of their multiracial football 'firm', they are truly at home; outside the tiny world of kick-offs and punch-ups, the author still sometimes finds himself labelled an alien - not only by skinhead BNP members but by his own family. As Riaz Khan describes: 'We were proud to be British and not Pakistani. I did not want to have an arranged marriage or go to weddings or religious ceremonies. But the community used to shun us for not being 'ethnic' enough . . .' This is his story. This is a portrait of melting-pot Britain in the making.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Memoirs of an Asian Football Casual. To get started finding Memoirs of an Asian Football Casual, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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