Global Indian diasporas : : exploring trajectories of migration and theory / / edited by Gijsbert Oonk.

Global Indian Diasporas discusses the relationship between South Asian emigrants and their homeland, the reproduction of Indian culture abroad, and the role of the Indian state in reconnecting emigrants to India. Focusing on the limits of the diaspora concept, rather than its possibilities, this vol...

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Year of Publication:2007
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:IIAS publications series. Edited volumes ; 1.
Physical Description:1 online resource (294 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
Notes:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Jan 2021).
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Table of Contents:
  • Front matter
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1. Global Indian Diasporas / Oonk, Gijsbert
  • PART 1 CRITICAL HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES
  • 2. Multanis and Shikarpuris / Levi, Scott
  • 3. 'We Lost our Gift of Expression' / Oonk, Gijsbert
  • 4. Contextualising Diasporic Identity / Bhat, Chandrashekhar / Bhaskar, T.L.S.
  • 5. Separated by the Partition? / Bal, Ellen / Sinha-Kerkhoff, Kathinka
  • 6. A Chance Diaspora / Mattausch, John
  • PART 2 CRITICAL SOCIOLOGICAL AND ANTHROPOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES
  • 7. Contested Family Relations and Government Policy / Rutten, Mario / Patel, Pravin J.
  • 8. Diaspora Revisited / Mukadam, Anjoom Amir / Mawani, Sharmina
  • 9. Bollywood and the Indian diaspora / Verstappen, Sanderien / Rutten, Mario
  • 10. Contested Equality / Lynnebakke, Brit
  • 11. Afterword / Markovits, Claude
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors