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Diasporas
Concepts, Intersections, Identities
Professor Kim Knott (Anthology Editor) , Doctor Sean McLoughlin (Anthology Editor) , Jeffrey Lesser (Contributor) , Homi Bhabha (Contributor) , Peter Mandaville (Contributor) , Terrance Lyons (Contributor) , Claire Dwyer (Contributor) , Manuel Vasquez (Contributor) , Jaine Beswick (Contributor) , Doctor Nadje Al-Ali (Contributor) , Karim H Karim (Contributor) , Doctor Daniela Berghahn (Contributor) , Ian Cook (Contributor) , Tariq Modood (Contributor) , Toshio Watanbe (Contributor) , Paul Gilroy (Contributor) , Doctor Larissa Remennick (Contributor) , Gerd Baumann (Contributor) , Professor Martin Baumann (Contributor) , David Richardson (Contributor) , Professor Robin Cohen (Contributor) , Ulirke Meinhof (Contributor) , Sara Wills (Contributor) , Professor Flemming Christiansen (Contributor) , Junior Professor Doctor Kira Kosnick (Contributor) , Doctor Dibyesh Anand (Contributor) , Sanaz Raji (Contributor) , Anastasia Christou (Contributor) , Juan Flores (Contributor) , Madeleine Wong (Contributor) , Professor Russell King (Contributor) , Pnina Werbner (Contributor) , Susheila Nasta (Contributor) , Doctor James Procter (Contributor) , Helen Gilbert (Contributor) , Victoria Bernal (Contributor) , Avtar Brah (Contributor) , Khachig Tololyan (Contributor) , Peggy Levitt (Contributor) , Marie Gillespie (Contributor) , Philip Crang (Contributor) , Mark Johnson (Contributor) , Nicholas Van Hear (Contributor) , Virinder Kalra (Contributor) , Graham Huggan (Contributor) , Steven Vertovec (Contributor) , Vijay Agnew (Contributor) , Simon Turner (Contributor)
Diasporas
Concepts, Intersections, Identities
Professor Kim Knott (Anthology Editor) , Doctor Sean McLoughlin (Anthology Editor) , Jeffrey Lesser (Contributor) , Homi Bhabha (Contributor) , Peter Mandaville (Contributor) , Terrance Lyons (Contributor) , Claire Dwyer (Contributor) , Manuel Vasquez (Contributor) , Jaine Beswick (Contributor) , Doctor Nadje Al-Ali (Contributor) , Karim H Karim (Contributor) , Doctor Daniela Berghahn (Contributor) , Ian Cook (Contributor) , Tariq Modood (Contributor) , Toshio Watanbe (Contributor) , Paul Gilroy (Contributor) , Doctor Larissa Remennick (Contributor) , Gerd Baumann (Contributor) , Professor Martin Baumann (Contributor) , David Richardson (Contributor) , Professor Robin Cohen (Contributor) , Ulirke Meinhof (Contributor) , Sara Wills (Contributor) , Professor Flemming Christiansen (Contributor) , Junior Professor Doctor Kira Kosnick (Contributor) , Doctor Dibyesh Anand (Contributor) , Sanaz Raji (Contributor) , Anastasia Christou (Contributor) , Juan Flores (Contributor) , Madeleine Wong (Contributor) , Professor Russell King (Contributor) , Pnina Werbner (Contributor) , Susheila Nasta (Contributor) , Doctor James Procter (Contributor) , Helen Gilbert (Contributor) , Victoria Bernal (Contributor) , Avtar Brah (Contributor) , Khachig Tololyan (Contributor) , Peggy Levitt (Contributor) , Marie Gillespie (Contributor) , Philip Crang (Contributor) , Mark Johnson (Contributor) , Nicholas Van Hear (Contributor) , Virinder Kalra (Contributor) , Graham Huggan (Contributor) , Steven Vertovec (Contributor) , Vijay Agnew (Contributor) , Simon Turner (Contributor)
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Description
Featuring essays by world-renowned scholars, Diasporas charts the various ways in which global population movements and associated social, political and cultural issues have been seen through the lens of diaspora.
Wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, this collection considers critical concepts shaping the field, such as migration, ethnicity, post-colonialism and cosmopolitanism. It also examines key intersecting agendas and themes, including political economy, security, race, gender, and material and electronic culture. Original case studies of contemporary as well as classical diasporas are featured, mapping new directions in research and testing the usefulness of diaspora for analyzing the complexity of transnational lives today.
Diasporas is an essential text for anyone studying, working or interested in this increasingly vital subject.
Table of Contents
Part I: Concepts and Theories
1. Exile - Martin Baumann
2. Home and memory - Femke Stock
3. Slavery and the Black Atlantic - David Richardson
4. Migration - Nicholas Van Hear
5. Transnationalism - Peggy Levitt
6. Nation, ethnicity and community - Gerd Baumann
7. Multiculturalism and citizenship - Tariq Modood
8. Postcoloniality - Graham Huggan
9. Hybridity - John Hutnyk
10. Cosmopolitanism - Steven Vertovec
11. Social identities and creolization - Robin Cohen
12. Complex diasporas - Pnina Werbner
13. Space and movement - Kim Knott
Part II: Intersections
14. Diasporas and economies - Claire Dwyer
15. Diasporas and politics - Peter Mandaville and Terrence Lyons
16. Diasporas, conflict and security - Simon Turner
17. Diasporas and development - Ben Page and Claire Mercer
18. Diasporas and cities - John Eade
19. Diasporas, race and difference - Claire Alexander
20. Diasporas and gender - Nadje Al-Ali
21. Diasporas and sexuality - Kira Kosnick
22. Diasporas and religion - Manuel Vasquez
23. Diasporas and language - Jaine Beswick
24. Diasporas and material culture - Philip Crang
25. Diasporas, literature and literary studies - Ananya Jahanara Kabir
26. Diasporas and performance - Helen Gilbert and Jacqueline Lo
27. Diasporas, film and cinema - Daniela Berghahn
28. Diasporas and media - Karim H. Karim
29. Diasporas and cyberspace - Victoria Bernal
Part III: Empirical and Metaphorical Diasporas
30. South/North relations in the Americas - Alex Stepick, Carol Dutton Stepick and Tricia Vandekooy
31. Movements between 'White' Europe and America: Greek migration to the United States - Anastasia Christou and Russell King
32. The Russian-Jewish diaspora at the beginning of the twenty-first century - Larissa Remmenick
33. The Iranian diaspora in the West - Sanaz Raji
34. How the Japanese diaspora in Brazil became the Brazilian diaspora in Japan - Jeffrey Lesser
35. Migrations within China - Flemming Christiansen
36. Beyond Tibet - Dibyesh Anand
37. Sacred journeys, diasporic lives: Sociality and the religious imagination among Filipinos in the Middle East - Mark Johnson, Claudia Liebelt, Deirdre McKay, Alicia Pingol and Pnina Werbner
38. Muslim travellers: Home, the ummah and British-Pakistanis - Seán McLoughlin
39. Diasporic dialogue among the British in Australia - Sara Wills
40. Diasporic creativity: Refugee intellectuals, exiled poets and corporate cosmopolitanism at the BBC World Service - Marie Gillespie
41. Colonial space-making and hybridizing history, or 'Are the Indians of East Africa Africans or Indians?' - Ato Quayson
42. Transnational musicians' networks across Africa and Europe - Ulrike Hanna Meinhof, Nadia Kiwan and Marie-Pierre Gibert
43. Diasporic readers and the location of reception - James Procter
44. Jews as Rooted Cosmopolitans: The End of Diaspora? - David Shneer and Caryn Aviv
Conclusion: New Directions - Seán McLoughlin and Kim Knott
Product details
Published | 14 Oct 2010 |
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Format | Ebook (PDF) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 331 |
ISBN | 9781848135390 |
Imprint | Zed Books |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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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
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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
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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

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