This volume comprises of detailed case studies that address issues of livelihood, links to the homeland, belonging, internal conflict, religious practice, and adaptation among the Nepali diaspora population.
This volume comprises of detailed case studies that address issues of livelihood, links to the homeland, belonging, internal conflict, religious practice, and adaptation among the Nepali diaspora population.
David N. Gellner is Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Oxford and Sondra L. Hausner is University Lecturer in the Study of Religion, University of Oxford, UK.
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* Preface * List of Tables and Figures * List of Plates * 1. Introduction: The Nepali/Gorkhali Diaspora since the Nineteenth Century * THE OLD DIASPORA: SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND BEYOND * 2. Marginal Migrants? Migrant Associations and the Lived Experience of Nepali Migrant Workers in India * 3. Identifications, State Categorizations, and Religious Changes among Sikkimese Gurungs * 4. The Religious Life of the Gorkhalis of Myanmar * 5. Creating Nepali Ethnoscapes in Thailand * 6. Fiji Nepalis: Reviving Connections Lost for Over a Century * THE NEW DIASPORA 1: TRANSNATIONAL URBAN MIGRANTS IN SINGAPORE, THE GULF, AND THE USA * 7. Belonging and Not-Belonging: Experiences of Nepali Gurkha Families on Returning from Singapore * 8. Popular Music among Nepalis in Bahrain: Nightclubs, Media, Performance, and Publics * 9. 'No One Wants to go Abroad; It's all about Obligation': What Migration Means to Nepali Migrant Workers in Qatar * 10. Transnational Politics in Nepali Organizations in New York * 11. Imagined Secularisms: Perspectives from the Nepali Diaspora * 12. The Khora of Migration: Everyday Practices of (Well) Being and Belonging between Mustang, Nepal, and New York City * THE NEW DIASPORA 2: ETHNICITY, CASTE, AND RELIGION IN THE UK * 13. Counting Ourselves: CNSUK's 2008 Survey of Nepalis in the UK * 14. Invention and Tradition: Limbu Adaptations of Religion in the Diaspora * 15. Death and Society: The Performance of Gurung Death Rites in the UK * 16. The Migration of Nepali Nurses to the UK: Transnational Family Ties, Social Ritual, and the Role of Internet Technology * 17. Caste Discrimination Overseas: Nepali Dalits in England * UNITING THE DIASPORA AND HAVING AN IMPACT IN THE HOMELAND * 18. The NRN (Non-Resident Nepali) Movement * 19. Tamang Gendered Subjectivities in a Migrating World * 20. Afterword: Rethinking Diaspora Consciousness * Index * About the Editors and Contributors
* Preface * List of Tables and Figures * List of Plates * 1. Introduction: The Nepali/Gorkhali Diaspora since the Nineteenth Century * THE OLD DIASPORA: SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND BEYOND * 2. Marginal Migrants? Migrant Associations and the Lived Experience of Nepali Migrant Workers in India * 3. Identifications, State Categorizations, and Religious Changes among Sikkimese Gurungs * 4. The Religious Life of the Gorkhalis of Myanmar * 5. Creating Nepali Ethnoscapes in Thailand * 6. Fiji Nepalis: Reviving Connections Lost for Over a Century * THE NEW DIASPORA 1: TRANSNATIONAL URBAN MIGRANTS IN SINGAPORE, THE GULF, AND THE USA * 7. Belonging and Not-Belonging: Experiences of Nepali Gurkha Families on Returning from Singapore * 8. Popular Music among Nepalis in Bahrain: Nightclubs, Media, Performance, and Publics * 9. 'No One Wants to go Abroad; It's all about Obligation': What Migration Means to Nepali Migrant Workers in Qatar * 10. Transnational Politics in Nepali Organizations in New York * 11. Imagined Secularisms: Perspectives from the Nepali Diaspora * 12. The Khora of Migration: Everyday Practices of (Well) Being and Belonging between Mustang, Nepal, and New York City * THE NEW DIASPORA 2: ETHNICITY, CASTE, AND RELIGION IN THE UK * 13. Counting Ourselves: CNSUK's 2008 Survey of Nepalis in the UK * 14. Invention and Tradition: Limbu Adaptations of Religion in the Diaspora * 15. Death and Society: The Performance of Gurung Death Rites in the UK * 16. The Migration of Nepali Nurses to the UK: Transnational Family Ties, Social Ritual, and the Role of Internet Technology * 17. Caste Discrimination Overseas: Nepali Dalits in England * UNITING THE DIASPORA AND HAVING AN IMPACT IN THE HOMELAND * 18. The NRN (Non-Resident Nepali) Movement * 19. Tamang Gendered Subjectivities in a Migrating World * 20. Afterword: Rethinking Diaspora Consciousness * Index * About the Editors and Contributors
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