Despite the increasing importance of the concept of 'diaspora' and its widespread use in academic case studies and in the self-description of a number of minority communities and networks, the subject has received relatively little general scholarly treatment. Diasporas: Concepts, Identities, Intersections addresses this lack by providing a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the political and cultural ideas and groups involved. Wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, the book contains examinations of major concepts and theories, including migration, ethnicity and postcolonialism. It also provides introductions to selected key diasporas -- Jewish, Irish and African American among others -- as well as discussions of diaspora in relation to a range of important issues and processes, and explorations of new directions in research.
Recenzijos
'Simultaneously panoramic and precise, this volume offers authoritative, inclusive, yet blessedly focused articles on the terms, concepts, and perspectives that collectively define the field of diaspora studies.' Khachig Tölölyan, Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies
'As scholarly approaches to Diasporas develop a global profile and span a variety of disciplines, this book provides an incisive account of the state of the art.' Homi K. Bhabha, Harvard University
'Bringing together an impressive array of distinguished interdisciplinary scholars with wide-ranging perspectives on the cultural and historical significance of contemporary diasporas worldwide, this book provides an essential companion to understanding the complex evolution of concepts of migration and identity and their vital impact on shaping the direction of public and academic debate today.' Susheila Nasta, Open University
Daugiau informacijos
Charts the ways in which global population movements have been seen through the lens of 'diaspora'.
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| Introduction |
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PART ONE Concepts and theories |
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3 Slavery and the black Atlantic |
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6 Nation, ethnicity and community |
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7 Multiculturalism and citizenship |
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11 Social identities and creolization |
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14 Diasporas and economies |
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15 Diasporas and politics |
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16 Diasporas, conflict and security |
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17 Diasporas and development |
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19 Diasporas, race and difference |
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118 | (5) |
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21 Diasporas and sexuality |
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123 | (5) |
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22 Diasporas and religion |
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128 | (6) |
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23 Diasporas and language |
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134 | (5) |
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24 Diasporas and material culture |
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25 Diasporas, literature and literary studies |
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145 | (6) |
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26 Diasporas and performance |
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151 | (6) |
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27 Diasporas, film and cinema |
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162 | (5) |
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29 Diasporas and cyberspace |
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PART THREE Empirical and metaphorical diasporas |
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30 South/North relations in the Americas |
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31 Movements between `white' Europe and America: Greek migration to the United States |
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32 The Russian-Jewish diaspora at the beginning of the twenty-first century |
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33 The Iranian diaspora in the West |
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34 How the Japanese diaspora in Brazil became the Brazilian diaspora in Japan |
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198 | (6) |
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35 Migrationw within China |
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211 | (6) |
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37 Sacred journeys, diasporic lives: sociality and the religious imagination among Filipinos in the Middle East |
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38 Muslim travellers: homing desire, the umma and British-Pakistanis |
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39 Diasporic dialogue among the British in Australia |
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40 Diasporic creativity: refugee intellectuals, exiled poets and corporate cosmopolitanism at the BBC World Service |
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41 Colonial space-making and hybridizing history, or `Are the Indians of East Africa Africans or Indians?' |
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42 Transnational musicians' networks across Africa and Europe |
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43 Diasporic readers and the location of reception |
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44 Jews as rooted cosmopolitans: the end of diaspora? |
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| Conclusion: new directions |
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| About the contributors |
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| Bibliography |
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| Index |
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Kim Knott is Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Leeds and director of Diasporas, Migration and Identities. She has worked on South Asian religious diasporas, particularly British Hindus, and on migration, ethnicity and identity. In conjunction with government and voluntary sector partners she has researched issues of religious and ethnic diversity and representation. In The Location of Religion: A Spatial Analysis (2005) and later articles, she has developed a spatial methodology for researching places, bodies and organisations in which controversies occur about matters of sacred concern, whether religious, secular or postsecular.
Seįn McLoughlin is senior lecturer in the Department of Theology and Religious Studies at the University of Leeds. Trained in the study of religion, Islam and anthropology, he is an expert on various aspects of South Asian heritage Muslims in Britain and has worked on a number of public projects, as well as giving invited lectures across Europe and in the United States. Co-editor of European Muslims and the Secular State, most recently he was principal investigator on an AHRC Diasporas' network, From Diaspora to Multi-Locality: Writing British-Asian Cities (2006-9).
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