Shaw, Alison

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SHAW, Alison

SHAW, Alison. British, b. 1957. Genres: Anthropology/Ethnology, Area studies, Medicine/Health, Race relations, Social sciences. Career: Social anthropologist with regional interest in South Asia, Pakistan, and UK Pakistanis. Previously taught anthropology at Oxford Brookes University, Oxford University, and University of London, Goldsmiths' College; Asian Language Development Project, Oxford, director 1984-88; Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK, lecturer in social anthropology, 1997-. Publications: A Pakistani Community in Britain, 1988; Get by in Hindi and Urdu, 1989; Urdu and Hindi Part 1, 1991; Kinship and Continuity: Pakistani Families in Britain, 2000. Address: Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 3PH, England. Online address: [email protected]