Routledge handbook of diaspora studies / edited by Robin Cohen and Carolin Fischer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cohen, Robin, 1944- editor.

Fischer, Carolin, 1980- editor.

Series:

Routledge international handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human beings--Migrations.

Human beings.

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Transnationalism.

Ethnicity--Social aspects.

Ethnicity.

Human geography.

Assimilation (Sociology).

Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.

Physical Description:

xviii, 364 pages ; 26 cm.

Other Title:

Handbook of diaspora studies

Diaspora studies

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2019.

Summary:

"The word 'diaspora' has leapt from its previously confined use - mainly concerned with the dispersion of Jews, Greeks, Armenians and Africans away from their natal homelands - to cover the cases of many other ethnic groups, nationalities and religions. But this 'horizontal' scattering of the word to cover the mobility of many groups to many destinations, has been paralleled also by 'vertical' leaps, with the word diaspora being deployed to cover more and more phenomena and serve more and more objectives of different actors. With sections on 'debating the concept', 'complexity', 'home and home-making', 'connections' and 'critiques', the Routledge Handbook of Diaspora Studies is likely to remain an authoritative reference for some time. Each contribution includes a targeted list of references for further reading. The editors have carefully blended established scholars of diaspora with younger scholars looking at how diasporas are constructed 'from below'. The adoption of a variety of conceptual perspectives allows for generalization, contrasts and comparisons between cases. In this exciting and authoritative collection over 40 scholars from many countries have explored the evolving use of the concept of diaspora, its possibilities as well as its limitations. This Handbook will be indispensable for students undertaking essays, debates and dissertations in the field"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Diaspora before it became a concept / Stéphane Dufoix

Diaspora studies : past, present and promise / Khachig Tölölyan

Key methodological tools for diaspora studies : combining the transnational and intersectional approaches / Anna Amelina and Karolina Barglowski

The social construction of diasporas : conceptual development and the Rwandan case / Simon Turner

Diasporas as social movements? / Sharon M. Quinsaat

Performing diaspora / Alpha Abebe

Embodying belonging : diaspora's racialization and cultural citizenship / Taku Suzuki

Music, dance and diaspora / Ananya Jahanara Kabir

Diasporic filmmaking in Europe / Daniela Berghahn

Writing in diaspora / Zuzanna Olszewska

Making and "faking" a diasporic heritage / Marc Scully

Translanguaging and diasporic imagination / Zhu Hua and Li Wei

Multi-religious diasporas : rethinking the relationship between religion and diaspora / Dominic Pasura

Homelessness and statelessness : possibilities and perils / Barzoo Eliassi

Diaspora and class, class and diaspora / Nicholas Van Hear

Working-class cosmopolitans and diaspora / Pnina Werbner

Transversal crossings and diasporic intersections / Amanda Wise

Intersectionalizing diaspora studies / Marie Godin

Bridging the mobility-sedentarism and agency-structure dichotomies in diasporic return migration / Nanor Karageozian

Unravelling the conceptual link between transnationalism and diaspora : the example of hometown networks / Thomas Lacroix

Deportees as "reverse diasporas" / Shahram Khosravi

Diasporicity : relative embeddedness in transnational and co-ethnic networks / Takeyuki (Gaku) Tsuda

Moral comforts of remaining in exile : snapshots from conflict-generated Indonesian diasporas / Antje Missbach

Islamic schooling and the second generation: a diaspora perspective / Hanna Höchner

Diaspora and home : interrogating embodied precarity in an era of forced displacement / Divya P. Tolia-Kelly

Diasporas and political obligation / Ilan Zvi Baron

Diaspora and religion : connecting and disconnecting / Giulia Liberatore and Leslie Fesenmyer

Digital diasporas / Mihaela Nedelcu

Diaspora politics and political remittances : a conceptual reflection / Lea Müller-Funk

Postcolonial states, nation-building and the (un)making of diasporas / Jen Dickenson

The plasticity of diasporic identities in super-diverse cities / Tamsin Barber

Displaced imaginations, bodies and things : materiality and subjectivity of forced migration / Sandra H. Dudley

Disconnecting from home : contesting the salience of the diaspora / Gijsbert Oonk

Using pragmatism to approach "diaspora," its meanings and political implications / Carolin Fischer and Janine Dahinden

Why engage diasporas? / Alan Gamlen

Diaspora mobilizations for conflict : beyond amplification and reduction / Maria Koinova

Diaspora and development / Ben Page and Claire Mercer

Diasporas and the politics of memory and commemoration / Khatharya Um

At home in diaspora : the Babylonian Talmud as diasporist manifesto / Daniel Boyarin

Diasporas building peace : reflections from the experience of Middle Eastern diasporas / Bahar Baser and Mari Toivanen.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138631137

1138631132

OCLC:

1050457112