Here, there, and elsewhere : the making of immigrant identities in a globalized world / Tahseen Shams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shams, Tahseen, author.

Series:

Globalization in everyday life.

Globalization in Everyday Life

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

South Asian Americans--Ethnic identity.

South Asian Americans.

Muslims--United States--Ethnic identity.

Muslims.

South Asian Americans--Social conditions.

Muslims--United States--Social conditions.

South Asian Americans--Politics and government.

Muslims--Political activity--United States.

Immigrants--United States--Social conditions.

Immigrants.

United States--Ethnic relations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrations, map

Other Title:

Making of immigrant identities in a globalized world

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2020.

Summary:

Challenging the commonly held perception that immigrants' lives are shaped exclusively by their sending and receiving countries, Here, There, and Elsewhere breaks new ground by showing how immigrants are vectors of globalization who both produce and experience the interconnectedness of societies—not only the societies of origin and destination, but also, the societies in places beyond. Tahseen Shams posits a new concept for thinking about these places that are neither the immigrants' homeland nor hostland—the "elsewhere." Drawing on rich ethnographic data, interviews, and analysis of the social media activities of South Asian Muslim Americans, Shams uncovers how different dimensions of the immigrants' ethnic and religious identities connect them to different elsewheres in places as far-ranging as the Middle East, Europe, and Africa. Yet not all places in the world are elsewheres. How a faraway foreign land becomes salient to the immigrant's sense of self depends on an interplay of global hierarchies, homeland politics, and hostland dynamics. Referencing today's 24-hour news cycle and the ways that social media connects diverse places and peoples at the touch of a screen, Shams traces how the homeland, hostland, and elsewhere combine to affect the ways in which immigrants and their descendants understand themselves and are understood by others.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1 SOCIETIES INTERCONNECTED

2 BEYOND HERE AND THERE

3 GLOBAL DIMENSIONS OF HOMELAND TIES

4 THE GEOPOLITICS OF BEING “GOOD MUSLIMS” IN AMERICA

5 “MUSLIMS IN DANGER” BOTH HERE AND ELSEWHERE

6 TAKING PRECAUTIONS HERE FOR “MUSLIMS IN CONFLICT” ELSEWHERE

7 HERE, THERE, AND ELSEWHERE

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781503612846

1503612848

OCLC:

1202623267