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…mehr
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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. Seán 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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Introduction Kim Knott and Seán McLoughlin 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
Introduction Kim Knott and Seán McLoughlin 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
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