... prior to flight and kinship" which may be considered to be true for all members of diasporic societies, however the reasons behind the dispersal of such social groups can be very different. The Irish diaspora can be said to result from the potato famine in 1845-49, and the Jewish diaspora stems from their banishment from Palestine by the Romans (as previously stated). One of the primary reasons for diasporic identities stems from colonisation and empire, e.g. the 'black', Chinese and Asian diaspora's evident in the U.K. today. This essay shall provide a background of the recent patterns of diaspora, critically review the role of space and place in the generation and maintenance of diasporic identities, critically discuss Hall's argument, and suggest the consequences of diasporic forms of culture, place and identity. References and examples will be used throughout. Following the end of the Second World War many of the ...

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