The national identity of second generation immigrants from India living in the UK

This bachelor's thesis examines cultural identity, concept of home and the sense of belonging among second-generation British Indian women. The aim of the study is to explore how these women articulate their lived experience of navigating multiple cultural frameworks and to analyse the role of media representation in this process. The research is based on a qualitative case study analysing four selected episodes of Masala Podcast: The South Asian feminist podcast. The theoretical framework draws primarily on Stuart Hall's concept of identity as a process, Avtar Brah's understanding of diaspora and home as a space of negotiation and Homi k. Bhabha's concept of hybrid identity. These approaches are complemented by theories of media representation, which allow the podcast to be understood as a space of meaning-making rather than a neutral medium. Methodologically, the thesis employs qualitative content and discourse analysis, focusing on recurring themes, narratives and linguistic strategies within the audio material. The analysis demonstrates that cultural identity is constructed in the podcast as dynamic and hybrid, while home and belonging are articulated as contingent processes shaped by recognition, exclusion and representation Keywords Cultural identity, diaspora, second generation, home,...