Diaspora as Translation and Decolonisation

Ipek Demir (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

176 Seiten

2024
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-7873-2 (ISBN)

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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. -- .

This innovative study engages critically with existing conceptualisations of diaspora, arguing that if diaspora is to have analytical purchase, it should illuminate a specific angle of migration or migrancy. To reveal the much-needed transformative potential of the concept, the book looks specifically at how diasporas undertake translation and decolonisation. It offers various conceptual tools for investigating diaspora, with a specific focus on diasporas in the Global North and a detailed empirical study of the Kurdish diaspora in Europe. The book also considers the backlash diasporas of colour have faced in the Global North. -- .

Ipek Demir is Professor of Diaspora Studies and the Director of the Centre for Ethnicity and Racism Studies (CERS), School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds -- .

Introduction
1 Theories of diaspora and their limitations
2 Diaspora as translation
3 Diaspora as decolonisation: ‘making a fuss’ in diaspora and in the homeland
4 Translations and decolonisations of the Kurdish diaspora
5 Backlash to diaspora in the Global North
Conclusion
Index -- .

Erscheinungsdatum	27.02.2024
Reihe/Serie	Theory for a Global Age
Verlagsort	Manchester
Sprache	englisch
Maße	138 x 216 mm
Gewicht	212 g
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Allgemeines / Lexika
ISBN-10	1-5261-7873-7 / 1526178737
ISBN-13	978-1-5261-7873-2 / 9781526178732
Zustand	Neuware