Issues of Identity. Caribbean Immigrants Struggling in Britain in Caryl Phillips' Play Strange Fruit

Seminar paper from the year 2015 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature grade: 13 University of Constance course: Hauptseminar: Criss-Crossing the Atlantic Caribbean Culture and Writing in Britain language: English abstract: This term paper analyses identity conflicts of the Caribbean immigrants struggling in Great Britain in Caryl Phillips play Strange Fruit. First the term identity is defined and the historical background concerning Caribbean immigration in Great Britain and Pan-Africanism is provided. Then the identitiy issues of the plays immigrants are discussed. This discussion includes the first-generation immigrant Vivien Marshall as well as the second-generation immigrants Errol and Alvin Viviens two sons. Notions such as playing white and playing black as well as illusions and disillusionment are presented and analyzed in detail.