Re-theorising the Indian subcontinental diaspora : old and new directions / edited by Nilanjana Chatterjee and Anindita Chatterjee.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Chatterjee, Nilanjana, editor.

Chatterjee, Anindita, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

East Indian diaspora.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (218 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, UK : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

It is estimated that more than 30 million people of Indian Subcontinental origin presently live outside their homeland. The present geo-political status of the Indian Subcontinental diaspora calls for more research and newer theorisation on how migrants from the Indian Subcontinent relocate, acculturate and renegotiate their identities in new host environments. This volume focuses on their historical, socio-cultural and economic patterns of migration and identity negotiation and formation within transnational discourses. While some of the chapters here focus on the nature of representations of the homeland and hostland in the works of Indian Subcontinental diasporic writers and film directors, others deal with the economic and historic aspects of the Indian Subcontinental diaspora. The book also includes chapters on women's Kalapani crossings, liminal spaces, Anglo-Indian-Australian diaspora, Chinese-Indian-Canadian diaspora, and Indian Subcontinental-British home workers' transnational space, ushering in a new era of diasporic identities.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Acknowledgements

Contributors

Introduction

Part 1

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Part 2

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Part 3

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Part 4

Chapter 15

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

1-5275-6054-6

OCLC:

1202476220