"This handbook offers an analysis of Asian diaspora and development and explores the role immigrants living within diasporic and transnational communities play in the development of their host countries and their homeland. Bringing together an array of interdisciplinary scholars from across the worl ... d, the handbook is divided into the following sections: Development Potential of Asian Diasporas; Diaspora, Homeland, and Development; Gender, Generation, and Identities; Soft Power, Mobilization, and Development; Media, Culture, and Representations." (Publisher description) more

"The Routledge Handbook of the Indian Diaspora introduces readers to the contexts and histories that constitute the Indian diaspora. It brings together scholars from different parts of the globe, representing various disciplines, and covers extensive spatial and temporal terrain. Contributors draw f ... rom a variety of archives and intellectual perspectives in order to map the narratives of the Indian diaspora. The topics covered range from the history of diasporic communities, activism, identity, gender, politics, labour, policy, violence, performance, literature and branding. The handbook analyses a wide array of issues and debates and is organized in six parts: histories and trajectories; diaspora and infrastructures; cultural dynamics; representation and identity; politics of belonging; networked subjectivities and transnationalism." (Publisher description) more