Meet Karim; Rehaan and Ammi; three first and second generation Pakistani immigrants trying to make a living; a life and a home in the UKs cultural capital; London.Another day on Harlesden High Street and business is not going well. Karim needs to save for Ammis operation and time is running out. Rehaan wants to marry Firoza but who will take a man with such pitiful prospects? Something has to change and it has to change soon; but what hope is there when all they can sell is toilet roll and jackfruit?Harlesden High Street is a feast for the senses; an explosive exploration of the meaning; value and significance of home.Thought-provoking; witty; carefully observed and beautifully written in verse; this is a play for everyone and anyone who has ever lived in London. Boasting one of the most diverse populations on the planet; London has an influx of thousands of immigrants every year. But what happens to this population when the countryrsquo;s social; financial and political climate is stretched?How are Londonrsquo;s demographically diverse boroughs affected?What changes and sacrifices have to be made in order to survive?
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. If youre interested in this topic; you probably will like itBy Danyelle MulinThis book is about human dissection in the early modern period. It explores the social; literary; religious; and theoretical implications of the practice very thoroughly and provides lots of textual and pictorial evidence. It is interesting; but youll get more out of it if you have a bit of background knowledge on the time period and body theory; though that is not necessary. I didnt know anything about all this because I started it for a class; and I found it to be interesting although really really long and sometimes boring to me because its not exactly what Im interested. But I could see it being a great book for someone interested in the topic3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. This book significantly changed how I perceive the human body.By Brown Tabby TomcatI work in the physical sciences; not biological or medical sciences; but I absolutely loved this book. We live in these clumsy things; but most of us rarely appreciate our bodies; much less appreciate those who initially undertook the gruesome task of deciphering our anatomy long before the advent of formaldehyde or other preservatives. This book places their efforts; along with the work of those who illustrated and published their discoveries; within a sensible and coherent historical (social; religious and scientific) context. I recommend it very highly!3 of 3 people found the following review helpful. 4.5 Stars for an Interesting; Yet Neglected TopicBy Bonam PakI read the 1996 revised paperback edition of the 1995 book. However; only a small number of minor errors has been corrected and two paragraphs have been added to the preface. The book has some 370 pages; which include 32 black and white picture pages; 44 footnote pages and 270 regular text pages.Many interesting facts and analyses are offered for both; professionals and lay readers. Most of all on the beginning of modern European dissection in the Renaissance and its surrounding circumstances such as procurement of corpses; the ultimate punishment of public dissection after execution; dissection theaters and artistic representation of the procedures e.g. by Rembrandt. But also the parallel discovery of the world in colonialism and the discovery of the human body. And the invention of the dividing and subdividing of body units. Bonus information shed light upon missed knowledge opportunities not transported via historical motion pictures: for example that all women at Elizabeth (Spotlight Series)s court had to walk around bare breasted unless married with the queens consent and that the executed coup plotters of Valkyrie (Single-Disc Edition) had (once again) been given for dissection for extra punishment (a procedure which was refused by the university).You may be interested in Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers on modern anatomy and other uses of human corpses.