Leif Manger

The Hadrami Diaspora (eBook, ePUB)

Community-Building on the Indian Ocean Rim

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Hadramis of South Yemen and the emergence of their diasporic communities throughout the Indian Ocean region are an intriguing facet of the history of this region's migratory patterns. In the early centuries of migration, the Yemeni, or Hadrami, traveler was both a trader and a religious missionary, making the migrant community both a "trade diaspora" and a "religious diaspora." This tradition has continued as Hadramis around the world have been linked to networks of extremist, Islamic-inspired movements-Osama bin Laden, leader of Al Qaeda and descendant of a prominent Hadrami family, as the most infamous example. However, communities of Hadramis living outside Yemen are not homogenous. The author expertly elucidates the complexity of the diasporic process, showing how it contrasts with the conventional understanding of the Hadrami diaspora as an unchanging society with predefined cultural characteristics originating in the homeland. Exploring ethnic, social, and religious aspects, the author offers a deepened understanding of links between Yemen and Indian Ocean regions (including India, Southeast Asia, and the Horn of Africa) and the emerging international community of Muslims.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 216
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781845459789
• Artikelnr.: 39602614

Autorenporträt

Leif Manger is a Professor in the Department of Social Anthropology at the University of Bergen. His recent publications include, Diasporas Within and Without Africa: Dynamism, Hetereogeneity, Variation (co-edited with Munzoul A.M. Assal, Uppsala 2006). He has published works on trade, communal labor, and socio-cultural processes of Arabization and Islamization.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Introduction: Introducing the issues
Part One: Diasporic communites within empires and nation states
Chapter One: Singapore: Making Muslim space in a global city
Chapter Two: Hyderabad: From winners to losers
Chapter Three: Hadramis in Sudan: a Red Sea tale
Chapter Four: Ethiopia: the problem of being "Arab", "Somali", "Capitalist"
and "Terrorist"
Part Two: Identities in the making
Chapter Five: Maintaining a Hadrami identity in the diaspora
Chapter Six: Homeland-diaspora dynamics: problematizing diasporic
consciousness among Sada and non-Sada groups
Chapter Seven: Resisting the West: Muslim universalism versus Western
globalization in the Indian Ocean
Bibliography