Diaspora - An Introduction

Informationen zum Autor Jana Evans Braziel is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Cincinnati. She has co-edited Theorizing Diasporas (with Anita Mannur, Blackwell, 2003). Klappentext International migrants - uprooted from family, friends, and nation-state, and scattered across the globe - form vibrant diasporic communities. Whether through economic migration, political asylum, or corporate mobility, this type of wide scale dispersion of populations brings with it a myriad of important issues.Diaspora: An Introduction offers a critical overview of this timely field of study, with a specific focus on diasporic shifts post-1989 and post-9/11. The text is organized thematically, reaching beyond human migration to explore globalization, global terror war, and post-9/11 geopolitical and geo-economic shifts. It investigates the fractured politics of national boundaries and the often arduous journey involved in crossing borders; as well as tensions surrounding terrorism, homeland security, and immigrant and "enemy combatant" detention practices. The book also examines the geopolitical and legal realignments that influence diasporic communities, global migration patterns, and world-wide debates about citizenship, nationality, and political belonging. Zusammenfassung International migrants - uprooted from family, friends, and nation-state, and scattered across the globe - form vibrant diasporic communities. Whether through economic migration, political asylum, or corporate mobility, this type of wide scale dispersion of populations brings with it a myriad of important issues. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments. Preface: Between Homelands and Homelessness? New Diasporas, Global Refugees. Introducing Diaspora: Key Terms. Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. 1. Diasporic Workers, New Global Economy . Case Study: "La Frontera": Transborder Migrations, Mexican-American Diasporic Workers. Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. 2. Gender and Diasporas . Case Study: Filipina Working Diasporas in the US, Hong Kong, and Italy. Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. 3. Global Traffic . Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. 4. Queer Diasporas . Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. 5. Race and Diasporas . Case Study: Outsiders Within: Les Beurs and France's "Crise des banlieues". Case Study: Barred Entry: Haitian and Southeast Asian Asylees in the US and Australia. Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. 6. Transnational Activism, Diasporic Arts of Resistance . Case Study 1: Troubled Waters, Dam Nation, Grassroots, and Transnational Indian Diasporic Resistance: Whence Narmada?. Case Study 2: Haitian Diaspora and Transnational "Tenth Department" Activism. Case Study 3: Filipina Maids in Hong Kong. Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. Postface: Diasporic Shifts Post-9/11. Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. Notes. Bibliography. Index ...

Sommario

PREFACE: Between Homelands and Homelessness? New Diasporas, Global Refugees.
 
INTRODUCTION: Introducing Diaspora: Key Terms.
 
Questions for Reflection and Discussion.
 
Additional Research.
 
1. Diasporic Workers, New Global Economy.
 
Case Study: "La Frontera": Transborder Migrations, Mexican-American Diasporic Workers.
 
Questions for Reflection and Discussion.
 
Additional Research.
 
2. Gender and Diasporas.
 
Case Study: Filipina Working Diasporas in the U.S., Hong Kong, and Italy.
 
Questions for Reflection and Discussion.
 
Additional Research.
 
3. Global Traffic.
 
Questions for Reflection and Discussion.
 
Additional Research.
 
4. Queer Diasporas.
 
Questions for Reflection and Discussion.
 
Additional Research.
 
5. Race and Diasporas.
 
Case Study: Barred Entry: Haitian and Southeast Asian Asylees in the U.S. and Australia.
 
Questions for Reflection and Discussion.
 
Additional Research.
 
6. Transnational Activism, Diasporic Arts of Resistance.
 
Case Study 1. Troubled Waters, Dam Nation, Grass Roots, and Transnational Indian Diasporic Resistance: Whence Narmada?.
 
Case Study 2: Haitian Diaspora and Transnational "Tenth Department" Activism.
 
Case Study 3: Filipina Maids in Hong Kong.
 
Questions for Reflection and Discussion.
 
Additional Research.
 
POSTFACE: Diasporic Shifts Post-9/11.
 
Questions for Reflection and Discussion.
 
Additional Research.
 
Notes.
 
Bibliography.
 
Index

Relazione

"The book will be of interest to scholars as well as students in the field, though there is a clear emphasis on the latter, and the book contains an opening set of definitions dealing with key terms ('refugees and 'detainees , rather than hybridity), with each chapter ending on a series of questions for readers to consider. The book closes with one of the most substantial bibliographies we have come across on the subject of diaspora (over sixty pages) and will be a useful resource for future research in the field." ( Postcolonial Theory , October 2010)

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Jana Evans Braziel, Jana Evans (University of Cincinnati) Braziel, Je Braziel, Braziel Jana Evans
• Editore: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 14.03.2008
• EAN: 9781405153409
• ISBN: 978-1-4051-5340-9
• Pagine: 320
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali; Anthropologie, Soziologie, Kulturwissenschaften, Cultural Studies, Anthropology, Social & cultural anthropology, Soziale u. kulturelle Anthropologie, Rassen- u. Ethnienforschung, Race & Ethnicity Studies