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companion to diaspora and transnationalism
"A Companion to Diaspora and Transnationalism offers a ground-breaking combined discussion of the concepts of diaspora and transnationalism. Newly commissioned essays by leading scholars provide interdisciplinary perspectives that link together the concepts in new and important ways. A wide-ranging collection which reviews the most significant developments and provides valuable insights into current key debates in transnational and diaspora studies Contains newly commissioned essays by leading scholars, which will both influence the field, and stimulate further insight and discussion in the future Provides interdisciplinary perspectives on diaspora and transnationalism which link the two concepts in new and important ways Combines theoretical discussion with specific examples and case studies "--
1. Introduction: Diaspora and Transnationalism: Scapes, Scales and Scopes / Ato Quayson and Girish Daswani. I: Transnationalism and Diaspora through the Disciplines -- 2. The Anthropology of Transnationalism and Diaspora / Girish Daswani -- 3. Communication and Media Studies / Julian Murphet -- 4. Diaspora, Transnationalism and Issues in Contemporary Politics / Garrett Wallace Brown -- 5. Diaspora and Transnationalism In Urban Studies / Ayona Datta -- 6. Migration and Transnational Studies: Between Simultaneity and Rupture / Pnina Werbner -- 7. Religion, Religions and Diaspora / Sean McLoughlin -- 8. Postcolonialism and the Diasporic Imaginary / Ato Quayson. II: Backgrounds and Perspectives. -- 9. Slavery, Indentured Labor and the Making of a Transnational World / Emmanuel Akyeampong -- 10. When the Diaspora Returns Home: Ambivalent Encounters with the Ethnic Homeland / Takeyuki (Gaku) Tsuda -- 11. Interracial Sex and the Making of Empire / Carina Ray -- 12. Istanbul as a Cosmopolitan City: Myths and Realities / Edhem Eldem. III: The Aesthetics of Transnationalism and Diaspora. 13. The Anxieties of New Indian Modernity: Globalization, Diaspora, and Bollywood / Jigna Desai and Rani Neutill -- 14. West African Video-Movies and their Transnational Imaginaries / Carmela Garritano -- 15. The European Salsa Congress: Music and Dance in Transnational Circuits / Ananya Jahanara Kabir -- IV: Overviews and Case Studies -- 16. Gender and Identity in Oral Histories of Russian Jewish Elderly Migrants in the United States and Canada / Anna Shternshis -- 17. The Transnational Life of Cheese / Ken MacDonald -- 18. Diaspora and Transnational Perspectives on Remittances / Anna Lindley -- 19. Tibetan economy and identity in India and Canada / Timm Lau -- 20. Cell Phones and Transnationalism in Africa / Wisdom J. Tettey -- 21. Home-Making in the Diaspora: Bringing Palestine to London / Michelle Obeid -- 22. Imagining Transnational Futures in Vanuatu / Maggie Cummings -- 23. Global Cities and Transnational Circulations: Singapore and Hong Kong / Rajeev S. Patke -- 24. Diaspora and Discourse: The Contrapuntal Lives of Mexican Nonmigrants / Hilary Parsons Dick -- 25. The Scales of Justice: Reflections on Representation and Responsibility in a Transnational Frame / Kevin O'Neill -- 26. Greek Settler Communities in Central and South Asia, 323 BCE to 10 CE / Rachel Mairs -- 27. Parts and Labor: The Commodification of the Human Body / Monir Moniruzzaman -- 28. Diaspora Activism and the Politics of Locality: The Armenians of France / Hakem Rustom -- 29. The Muslim Brotherhood and the Transnationalism of Islam / Meena Sharify-Funk and Ali Barghouthi -- 30. Religions of the African Diaspora / Paul Christopher Johnson -- 31. Diaspora Tourism: The Heritage of Slavery in Ghana / Ann Reed -- 32. The Transnational Politics of the Techno-Class in Bangalore / T.T. Sreekumar.
edited by Ato Quayson and Girish Daswani.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Wiley Blackwell companions in cultural studies ; 16