Diasporas: Concepts, Identities, Intersections
London; New York: Zed Books (2010), viii, 319 pp.
Contains illustrations, Kt.
ISBN 978-1-84277-948-4 (pbk)
Signature commbox: 00-Minorities-E 2010
"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." (Publisher description)
I. CONCEPTS AND THEORIES
1 Exile / Martin Baumann, 19–23
2 Home and memory / Femke Stock, 24
3 Slavery and the black Atlantic / David Richardson, 29
4 Migration / Nicholas Van Hear, 34
5 Transnationalism / Peggy Levitt, 39
6 Nation, ethnicity and community / Gerd Baumann, 45
7 Multiculturalism and citizenship / Tariq Modood, 50
8 Post-coloniality / Graham Huggan, 55
9 Hybridity / John Hutnyk, 59
10 Cosmopolitanism / Steven Vertovec, 63
11 Social identities and creolization / Robin Cohen, 69
12 Complex diasporas / Pnina Werbner, 74
13 Space and movement / Kim Knott, 79
II. INTERSECTIONS
14 Diasporas and economies / Claire Dwyer, 87
15 Diasporas and politics / Terrence Lyons and Peter Mandaville, 91
16 Diasporas, conflict and security / Simon Turner, 97
17 Diasporas and development / Ben Page and Claire Mercer, 102
18 Diasporas and cities / John Eade, 107
19 Diasporas, race and difference / Claire Alexander, 112
20 Diasporas and gender / Nadje Al-Ali, 118
21 Diasporas and sexuality / Kira Kosnick, 123
22 Diasporas and religion / Manuel A. Vásquez, 128
23 Diasporas and language / Jaine Beswick, 134
24 Diasporas and material culture / Philip Crang, 139
25 Diasporas, literature and literary studies / Ananya Jahanara Kabir, 145
26 Diasporas and performance / Helen Gilbert and Jacqueline Lo, 151
27 Diasporas, film and cinema / Daniela Berghahn, 157
28 Diasporas and media / Karim H. Karim, 162
29 Diasporas and cyberspace / Victoria Bernal, 167
III. EMPIRICAL AND METAPHORICAL DIASPORAS
30 South/North relations in the Americas / Alex Stepick, Carol Dutton Stepick and Patricia Vanderkooy, 175
31 Movements between ‘white’ Europe and America: Greek migration to the United States / Anastasia Christou and Russell King, 181
32 The Russian-Jewish diaspora at the beginning of the twenty-first century / Larissa Remennick, 187
33 The Iranian diaspora in the West / Sanaz Raji, 193
34 How the Japanese diaspora in Brazil became the Brazilian diaspora in Japan / Jeffrey Lesser, 198
35 Migrations within China / Flemming Christiansen, 204
36 Beyond Tibet / Dibyesh Anand, 211
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, 217
38 Muslim travellers: homing desire, the umma and British-Pakistanis / Seán McLoughlin, 223
39 Diasporic dialogue among the British in Australia / Sara Wills, 230
40 Diasporic creativity: refugee intellectuals, exiled poets and corporate cosmopolitanism at the BBC World Service / Marie Gillespie, 236
41 Colonial space-making and hybridizing history, or ‘Are the Indians of East Africa Africans or Indians?’ / Ato Quayson, 243
42 Transnational musicians’ networks across Africa and Europe / Ulrike Hanna Meinhof, Nadia Kiwan and Marie-Pierre Gibert, 249
43 Diasporic readers and the location of reception / James Procter, 256
44 Jews as rooted cosmopolitans: the end of diaspora? / David Shneer and Caryn Aviv, 263
Conclusion: new directions / Seán McLoughlin and Kim Knott, 269
1 Exile / Martin Baumann, 19–23
2 Home and memory / Femke Stock, 24
3 Slavery and the black Atlantic / David Richardson, 29
4 Migration / Nicholas Van Hear, 34
5 Transnationalism / Peggy Levitt, 39
6 Nation, ethnicity and community / Gerd Baumann, 45
7 Multiculturalism and citizenship / Tariq Modood, 50
8 Post-coloniality / Graham Huggan, 55
9 Hybridity / John Hutnyk, 59
10 Cosmopolitanism / Steven Vertovec, 63
11 Social identities and creolization / Robin Cohen, 69
12 Complex diasporas / Pnina Werbner, 74
13 Space and movement / Kim Knott, 79
II. INTERSECTIONS
14 Diasporas and economies / Claire Dwyer, 87
15 Diasporas and politics / Terrence Lyons and Peter Mandaville, 91
16 Diasporas, conflict and security / Simon Turner, 97
17 Diasporas and development / Ben Page and Claire Mercer, 102
18 Diasporas and cities / John Eade, 107
19 Diasporas, race and difference / Claire Alexander, 112
20 Diasporas and gender / Nadje Al-Ali, 118
21 Diasporas and sexuality / Kira Kosnick, 123
22 Diasporas and religion / Manuel A. Vásquez, 128
23 Diasporas and language / Jaine Beswick, 134
24 Diasporas and material culture / Philip Crang, 139
25 Diasporas, literature and literary studies / Ananya Jahanara Kabir, 145
26 Diasporas and performance / Helen Gilbert and Jacqueline Lo, 151
27 Diasporas, film and cinema / Daniela Berghahn, 157
28 Diasporas and media / Karim H. Karim, 162
29 Diasporas and cyberspace / Victoria Bernal, 167
III. EMPIRICAL AND METAPHORICAL DIASPORAS
30 South/North relations in the Americas / Alex Stepick, Carol Dutton Stepick and Patricia Vanderkooy, 175
31 Movements between ‘white’ Europe and America: Greek migration to the United States / Anastasia Christou and Russell King, 181
32 The Russian-Jewish diaspora at the beginning of the twenty-first century / Larissa Remennick, 187
33 The Iranian diaspora in the West / Sanaz Raji, 193
34 How the Japanese diaspora in Brazil became the Brazilian diaspora in Japan / Jeffrey Lesser, 198
35 Migrations within China / Flemming Christiansen, 204
36 Beyond Tibet / Dibyesh Anand, 211
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, 217
38 Muslim travellers: homing desire, the umma and British-Pakistanis / Seán McLoughlin, 223
39 Diasporic dialogue among the British in Australia / Sara Wills, 230
40 Diasporic creativity: refugee intellectuals, exiled poets and corporate cosmopolitanism at the BBC World Service / Marie Gillespie, 236
41 Colonial space-making and hybridizing history, or ‘Are the Indians of East Africa Africans or Indians?’ / Ato Quayson, 243
42 Transnational musicians’ networks across Africa and Europe / Ulrike Hanna Meinhof, Nadia Kiwan and Marie-Pierre Gibert, 249
43 Diasporic readers and the location of reception / James Procter, 256
44 Jews as rooted cosmopolitans: the end of diaspora? / David Shneer and Caryn Aviv, 263
Conclusion: new directions / Seán McLoughlin and Kim Knott, 269
