| Title: | Global Diasporas: An introduction |
| Material Type: | printed text |
| Publisher: | London and NewYork : Routledge Taylor&Francis Group, 2023 |
| ISBN (or other code): | 978-1-03-218844-7 |
| Languages: | English |
| Class number: | 325.2 |
| Keywords: | Diaspora ; Migration ; Globalization ; Transnationalism ; Identity ; Exile ; Ethnicity ; Cultural Studies ; Postcolonialism ; Immigration |
| Contents note: |
Table of Content:
1. The study of diasporas: a guide i. Simple definitions of diaspora ii. A complex idea of diaspora: nine strands of a diasporic rope iii. A typology of diasporas iv. Diasporic actors and activism v. Conclusion vi. Further reading vii. Questions to think about viii. Notes ix. References 2. Transcending the prototype: rethinking the Jewish diaspora i. The Jewish diaspora as prototype ii. ‘Babylon’ as a site of oppression iii. ‘Babylon’ as a site of creativity iv. The Jewish diaspora and Christianity v. The Jewish diaspora and Islam vi. Ashkenazi fates vii. Conclusion viii. Further reading ix. Questions to think about x. Notes xi. References 3. Victim diasporas: Africans and Armenians i. Origins of the African diaspora ii. The social construction of African homelands iii. Return and other aspects of the African diaspora iv. The creation of the Armenian diaspora v. After the massacres: Armenians at home and abroad vi. Soviet Armenia and after vii. Conclusion viii. Further reading ix. Questions to think about x. Notes xi. References 4. Labour and imperial diasporas: indentured Indians and the British i. Indentured Indians: a new system of slavery? ii. Indentured women iii. The songs of Ramayana and political outcomes iv. Imperial diasporas v. The settlement of the British Empire vi. British emigration from below: the role of ‘gentlewomen’ vii. The end of the dominion diaspora viii. Effects on British identity ix. Conclusion x. Further reading xi. Questions to think about xii. Notes xiii. References 5. Trade diasporas: Chinese and Lebanese i. The making of the Chinese trade diaspora ii. The Chinese as minorities iii. The great Lebanese emigration iv. The Lebanese diaspora: butterflies and caterpillars v. Conclusion vi. Further reading vii. Questions to think about viii. Notes ix. References 6. Deterritorialized diasporas: the black Atlantic and other cases i. The Caribbean: migration and diaspora ii. African-Caribbeans in the USA iii. African-Caribbeans in the UK iv. Caribbean peoples in the Netherlands and France v. The black Atlantic thesis vi. Other deterritorialized diasporas vii. Conclusion viii. Further reading ix. Questions to think about x. Notes xi. References 7. Incipient diasporas: Afghans and other refugees and displaced people i. Workers in the Gulf states ii. Turkish guestworkers in Germany iii. Incipient diasporas and ‘new diasporas’ iv. The making of an incipient diaspora: Afghans v. Refugees and displaced people as reservoirs for incipient diasporas vi. Incipiency and contiguity: the dimensions of diaspora formation vii. Conclusion viii. Further reading ix. Questions to think about x. Notes xi. References 8. Dreams and realities of a homeland: Zionists and Sikhs i. Birth traumas: can Israel be a ‘normal’ state? ii. Israel and the diaspora: a tangled relationship iii. Yordim, sabras and transnationals iv. Israel and the US Jewish diaspora: attitudinal shifts v. A Sikh identity vi. Sikh origins vii. Amritsar, the Golden Temple and the lure of homeland viii. Post-Khalistani visions: the politics of recognition and a global qaum ix. Conclusion x. Further reading xi. Questions to think about xii. Notes xiii. References 9. Diasporic engagement: state and non-state actors i. Home governments and diasporas: from rejection to adoption ii. Host governments and diasporas: from fear to accommodation iii. International agencies/INGOs and diasporas as agents of development iv. Diasporas and homeland community engagement v. Diasporas in conflict and post-conflict situations vi. Conclusion vii. Further reading viii. Questions to think about ix. Notes x. References 10. Conclusion: mutating meanings of diaspora i. Jews and Greeks in classical times ii. Diaspora in early Christianity iii. The expanded concept iv. The emergent field of diaspora studies v. Decoupling diaspora from homeland vi. Applied diaspora studies vii. Diasporas and complexity viii. Conclusion: between self-declaration and a Procrustean bed ix. Further reading x. Questions to think about xi. Notes xii. References |
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