African Transnational Diasporas - Fractured Communities and Plural Identities of Zimbabweans in Britain

Informationen zum Autor Dominic Pasura is Research Fellow in the Social Policy Research Centre, School of Law, Middlesex University, UK. His research interests include migration, transnationalism and diaspora studies, integration of migrants and refugees, religion in the New African diaspora and African studies. Klappentext Pasura proposes a framework for understanding African diasporas as core, epistemic, dormant and silent diasporas. The book explores the origin, formation and performance of the Zimbabwean transnational diaspora in Britain and examines how the diaspora is constituted in the hostland and how it maintains connections with the homeland. Zusammenfassung Pasura proposes a framework for understanding African diasporas as core! epistemic! dormant and silent diasporas. The book explores the origin! formation and performance of the Zimbabwean transnational diaspora in Britain and examines how the diaspora is constituted in the hostland and how it maintains connections with the homeland. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. African Transnational Diasporas: Theoretical Perspectives 2. Vintages and Patterns of Migration 3. The Construction and Negotiation of Diasporic Identities 4. 'Do You Have a Visa?' Negotiating Respectable Masculinity in the Diaspora 5. The Diaspora and the Politics of Development 6. Religion in the Diaspora 7. Transnational Religious Ties and Integration: An Unhappy Couple? Conclusion

List of contents

Introduction 1. African Transnational Diasporas: Theoretical Perspectives 2. Vintages and Patterns of Migration 3. The Construction and Negotiation of Diasporic Identities 4. 'Do You Have a Visa?' Negotiating Respectable Masculinity in the Diaspora 5. The Diaspora and the Politics of Development 6. Religion in the Diaspora 7. Transnational Religious Ties and Integration: An Unhappy Couple? Conclusion

Product details

• Authors: D Pasura, D. Pasura, Dominic Pasura, Dominic Pasura Pasura
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9781349459827
• ISBN: 978-1-349-45982-7
• No. of pages: 180
• Series: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship; Migration, Diasporas and Citiz; Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Migration, B, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Globalization, Social Policy, Ethnicity, Sociology, general, Economic development, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Central / national / federal government policies, Emigration and immigration, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Ethnicity Studies, Development Studies, Race and Ethnicity Studies, Human Migration, Integration;migration;Nation;politics;religion;Transnational