Defining and re-defining diaspora : from theory to reality
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Defining and re-defining diaspora : from theory to reality
（At the interface）
Inter-Disciplinary Press, c2011
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Includes bibliographical references
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Description
Diasporas - from the Greek verb speiro (to sow) and the preposition dia (over), signifying 'dispersion of seeds' - seem to be integral to the human condition, existing as far back as recorded history and surely before that. Originally used to refer to Greek settlers and colonizers in the Mediterranean, and later adopted by the Hebrews to speak of their own exiled people, the term 'diaspora' evolved over time to denote myriads of diverse displacements, forced as well as voluntary. This book examines diasporas in the context of globalization as they exist today and with an eye to the future. Each article represents a distinct point of view and brings a particular understanding, theoretical or practical, to bear on the diaspora narrative. Each one emphasizes the specificity of diaspora to culture, place and moment, its multi-faceted and interdisciplinary nature, and the significance of how identity is negotiated within the triadic space of self, home and 'host' nation. Taken together in this volume they function as a 'conversation' about the process of trying to define and re-define the elusive, unstable concept of diaspora with its diverse and evolving forms.
Table of Contents
Foreword Sivaram Vemuri Introduction Defining and Re-Defining Diaspora: An Unstable Concept Marianne David and Javier Munoz-Basols PART I Defining Diaspora: Theories and Models Remembering Home: Displacement, Return, and Spatial Frameworks of Memory Mattias Ekman The Uses of Nostalgia in the 'Imagination' of Diaspora: The Case of the New Pontic Greek Refugees Georgia Lagoumitzi Diaspora as a Contentious Location for the Nation Anne-Sophie Bentz PART II Re-Defining Diaspora: Personal Narrative and Case Study Location Nowhere: Alienation, Nihilism and Radicalism among British Pakistani Muslim Youth Saeed A. Khan The Importance of Linguistic Capital in Contextualised Identity Negotiation of 'Repatriated' Pontian Greeks from the Former USSR Eleni Mariou Citizens, Immigrants and Diasporas: Australia and Japan Stephen Alomes PART III Fictionalizing Diaspora: Literature as a Hybrid Discourse The Place of Narrative: Repositioning 'Home' in M. G. Vassanji's Serial Diasporas Jonathan Rollins The Bittersweet Taste of Exile as Muse John C. Hawley Eileen Chang and the Chinese Diaspora: Re-Defining Chineseness J. B. Rollins and Paochai Chiang PART IV Globalizing Diaspora: Reality and Metaphor The Austrian Model of Muslim Integration and Its Limits Cornelia Caseau The Politics of Identity in Eastern Europe: Re-Defining the Russian Diaspora Rachel Le Noan The (Re)Turn of the Native: Diaspora, Transnationalism, and the Re-Inscription of 'Home' Krishna Sen The Sarajevo Haggadah: A Cultural Metaphor for Diaspora Studies Marianne David and Javier Munoz-Basols Notes on Contributors
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