This research examines the Western view of female immigration of Indian origin that has been established in England not only from the study of archival and documentary sources, but also through oral sources and analysis of the cultural representations that Western culture has made about the Indian woman
The research confirms the existence of strong stereotypes that do not respond to the reality of immigration and that, in the specific case of Indian women, are aggravated by the absence of recognition of their gender specificity.
This work is based on the idea that the identity that different groups define is the result of a cultural construction, understood as a dynamic and interrelational process that changes according to circumstances and context, and it is precisely these circumstances and context that become in subject of study and analysis in the clarification of the formation and attribution of collective identities. I am interested, basically, how the identity of immigrant groups is built, paying special attention to gender relations.
