Diaspora
Wiley-Blackwell (Verlag)
978-1-4051-5340-9 (ISBN)
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This introduction highlights key topics significant to contemporary discussions of diaspora and stressing the substantial impact these migratory shifts have on global capital.
Offers a critical introduction to diaspora - the study of dispersed ethnic populations - with specific focus on migratory shifts post-1989 and post 9/11
Examines the ways global capitalist shifts and the global terrorism war impact diaspora movements since the mid-1990s
Includes discussion of globalization, the global terror war, and post-9/11 geopolitical and geo-economic shifts
Engages directly with the political and ideological formations of the contemporary diaspora movement
Provides comprehensive analysis of labour and economic migration; the relationship of diaspora to gender and race; queer diasporas; and diasporic 'acts of resistance'
Theorizing Diaspora (2003), Braziel's groundbreaking anthology, offers complementary readings for this text
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).
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
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 14.3.2008 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Hoboken |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 168 x 244 mm |
| Gewicht | 567 g |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie ► Völkerkunde (Naturvölker) |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4051-5340-7 / 1405153407 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4051-5340-9 / 9781405153409 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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