Diaspora As Translation and Decolonisation

This book proposes a new way of conceptualising diaspora by examining how diasporas do translation and decolonisation. It provides conceptual tools for investigating diasporas and their interventions and considers diaspora as 'the global south in the global north', as well as providing a case study of the Kurdish diaspora in Europe.

About the author

Ipek Demir is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Leicester

Summary

This book proposes a new way of conceptualising diaspora by examining how diasporas do translation and decolonisation. It provides conceptual tools for investigating diasporas and their interventions and considers diaspora as ‘the global south in the global north’, as well as providing a case study of the Kurdish diaspora in Europe. -- .

Product details

• Authors: Ipek Demir, Demir Ipek
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.03.2024
• EAN: 9781526178732
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-7873-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Theory for a Global Age
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, Globalization, Social Theory, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, Migration, immigration & emigration, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies