ISBN:
0203401050
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
222 S.
Ausgabe:
1. publ.
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
Serie:
Routledge research in transnationalism 14
Serie:
Routledge Research in Transnationalism Ser.
Paralleltitel:
Print version Diaspora, Identity and Religion : New Directions in Theory and Research
DDC:
304.809
Schlagwort(e):
Emigration and immigration
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Ethnic relations ; Political aspects
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Group identity
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Religious minorities
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Space and time ; Social aspects
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
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Aufsatzsammlung
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Electronic books
Kurzfassung:
Examines the development of the concept of diaspora and new perspectives on global networks and local identities. Features case histories on the Caribbean, Irish, Irish-American, Armenian, African and Greek diasporas
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; Deconstructing and comparing diasporas; Politics, history and locality; 'Too close for comfort': re-membering the forgotten diaspora of Irish women in England; Place, movement and identity: processes of inclusion and exclusion in a 'Caribbean' family; Why locality matters: diaspora consciousness and sedentariness in the Armenian diaspora in Greece; Past and present in the history of modern Greek diaspora; Griots, roots and identity in the African diaspora
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
The invention of history in the Irish-American diaspora: myths of the Great FamineDiasporic aspects of religion; Religion or culture? Concepts of identity in the Alevi diaspora; A double minority: notes on the emerging Yezidi diaspora; A diachronic view of diaspora, the significance of religion and Hindu Trinidadians; Let it flow: economy, spirituality and gender in the Sindhi network; Index;
Anmerkung:
Ciando e-book project
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