Diasporic choices / Renata Seredynska-Abou Eid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seredynska-Abou Eid, Renata, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Oxford, U.K. : Inter-Disciplinary Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume examines the complex and inter-disciplinary issue of diaspora in the context of globalisation and contributing social, historical and cultural factors of the modern world. Each chapter offers a distinct point of view and a particular way of understanding diasporas in numerous cultures and societies in different parts of the globe. The collection consists of a series of detailed analyses of aspects ranging from diasporic representations in the cinema, literature and poetry to diasporic projections in current socio-political and international matters. Each chapter provides an individual examination of a particular aspect of diaspora in order to frame a bigger picture of modern diasporic choices.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Renata Seredyńska-Abou Eid

Particle/Wave: Cinema as Conservator in a Diasporic World / Catherine G. Carey

Bollywood in Diaspora: Cherishing Occidentalist Nostalgia / Asma Sayed

A Phenomenological Reading of Temporality and Natality in Relation to the Diasporic Indian Reception of the Bollywood Text with Reference to Mauritius / Farhad Abdool Kader Sulliman Khoyratty

Yellow Sea: A Floating Home of Chinese Korean Minority / Mengyan YU (Yolanda)

Transcending the Limitations of Diaspora as a Category of Cultural Identity in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s The Thing around Your Neck / Elizabeth Jackson

Esmeralda Santiago: Writing Memories, Creating a Nation / Anabela Alves

Marriage Conventions in Monica Ali’s Brick Lane / Asma Mansoor

Diaspoetics in the Literature of Karen Tei Yamashita: Brazilian and Japanese Diasporas Compared / Claudio Braga and Glaucia R. Gonçalves

Global Cosmopolitanism and Diasporic Singularities / Jairus Omuteche

Walcott’s Poetry: Portrayal of Broken Boundaries / Shri Krishan Rai and Anugamini Rai

Gendered Diasporas across Generations: The New African Diaspora in Vancouver / Gillian Creese

Young Migrant: Rooted Generations of Germany in Fatih Akin’s Films / Yildirim Uysal

Linguistic Attitudes and Linguistic Practices in the Global Age: The Case of the First Generation of Serbian Highly Educated Migrants / Ana Jovanović and Ivana Vučina Simović

Searching for Authenticity through Desire: Greek Canadian Women and the Heritage Fling / Anastasia Panagakos

Diasporic Circassian National Identity: An Example of the Circassian Diaspora in Jordan / Natalia Agnieszka Hapek

Traditional Rituals or Return of the Empire / Siranush Dvoyan

Topological and Content Analysis of the Cyberspace of the Indian Diaspora / Eric Leclerc

Un/settling Im/migrants: Towards Decolonising Immigrant-Indigenous Relationships / Nishant Upadhyay

Magazine Contacto: The Construction and (Re)production of the Portuguese Diaspora in the Mediascape / Sónia Ferreira

Cultural Adaptation and Translation as Motivation for Researching the Polish Diaspora in the United Kingdom / Renata Seredyńska-Abou Eid

Wandering Dwellings: Diasporic Architectures / Sarah B. Gelbard.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

OCLC:

887205389

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9781848881877 DOI