World of diasporas : different perceptions on the concept of diaspora / Edited by Harjinder Singh Majhail, Sinan Doğan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Majhaila, Harajindara Siṅgha, editor.

Doğan, Sinan, editor.

Series:

At the Interface / Probing the boundaries ; v. 117.

At the interface/probing the boundaries, 1570-7113 ; Volume 117

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Psychological aspects.

Refugees--Psychology.

Refugees.

Ethnopsychology.

Identity (Psychology)--Social aspects.

Identity (Psychology).

Ethnicity.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 118 pages).

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill-Rodopi, [2019]

Summary:

This book offers fascinating insights into the concept of diaspora by presenting a portrait gallery of writers highlighting diasporas on Welsh, Mauritian, Palestinian, Circassian Kurdish, British Sikh, Dutch Hindustani, Indian, Tamil and African experiences. Harjinder Singh Majhail and Sinan Dogan present the world of diasporas in interesting portrayals such as Gulnur’s research into Circassian history lying hidden in Yistanbulako elegy, Enaya’s visits into Milwaukee in Wisconsin where Palestinian Muslim women marry outside their religion because of the non-availability of suitable partners in their community and Harjinder Majhail’s sojourns into J. K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy portraying a teenager girl’s brave encounters in British Sikh diaspora. Contributors are Vitor Lopes Andrade, Kimberly Berg, Amenah Jahangeer Chojoo, Gülnur Demirci, Sinan Doğan, Jaswina Elahi, Ruben Gawricharn, Lola Guyot, Nadine Hassouneh, Harjinder Singh Majhail and Enaya Hammad Othman.

Contents:

The Diaspora in the Diaspora: the Role of Heritage Networks in Diaspora Identity Formation / Kimberly Berg

Call of the Homeland: Contradictory Processes of Socio-religious Formation among Mauritian Migrants in the UK / Amenah Jahangeer-Chojoo

Muting Refugees, Voicing Diasporas: the Case of the Palestinians / Nadine Hassouneh

Reconstruction of Circassian History through Romantic Nationalism: Yistanbulako (The Road to Istanbul) / Gülnur Demirci

Politically Framed Cultural Models and Construction of Autonomous-Related Self / Sinan Doğan

Ethnic Sociability: Holidays of Dutch Hindustanis in Spain / Jaswina Elahi

The Cohesion of the Indian Diaspora / Ruben Gowricharn

Diasporas as Autonomous Political Actors: the Case of the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora / Lola Guyot

Gay African Refugees in Brazil: a Diaspora? / Vítor Lopes Andrade

Muslim Women in the Diaspora: Shaping Lives and Negotiating Their Marriages / Enaya Hammad Othman

Construction of Sikh Identity in British Sikh Diaspora in J. K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy / Harjinder Singh Majhail.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-38804-4

90-04-38796-X

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004388048 DOI