World of diasporas : : different perceptions on the concept of diaspora / / Edited by Harjinder Singh Majhail, Sinan Doğan.

• Superior document: At the interface/probing the boundaries, Volume 117
• TeilnehmendeR: Majhaila, Harajindara Siṅgha,; Doğan, Sinan,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden ;, Boston : : Brill-Rodopi,, [2019]
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: At the Interface / Probing the boundaries ; v. 117.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 118 pages).

This book offers fascinating insights into the concept of diaspora by presenting a portrait gallery of writers highlighting diasporas on Welsh, Mauritian, Palestinian, Circassian Kurdish, British Sikh, Dutch Hindustani, Indian, Tamil and African experiences. Harjinder Singh Majhail and Sinan Dogan present the world of diasporas in interesting portrayals such as Gulnur’s research into Circassian history lying hidden in Yistanbulako elegy, Enaya’s visits into Milwaukee in Wisconsin where Palestinian Muslim women marry outside their religion because of the non-availability of suitable partners in their community and Harjinder Majhail’s sojourns into J. K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy portraying a teenager girl’s brave encounters in British Sikh diaspora. Contributors are Vitor Lopes Andrade, Kimberly Berg, Amenah Jahangeer Chojoo, Gülnur Demirci, Sinan Doğan, Jaswina Elahi, Ruben Gawricharn, Lola Guyot, Nadine Hassouneh, Harjinder Singh Majhail and Enaya Hammad Othman.

Table of Contents

The Diaspora in the Diaspora: the Role of Heritage Networks in Diaspora Identity Formation / Kimberly Berg -- Call of the Homeland: Contradictory Processes of Socio-religious Formation among Mauritian Migrants in the UK / Amenah Jahangeer-Chojoo -- Muting Refugees, Voicing Diasporas: the Case of the Palestinians / Nadine Hassouneh -- Reconstruction of Circassian History through Romantic Nationalism: Yistanbulako (The Road to Istanbul) / Gülnur Demirci -- Politically Framed Cultural Models and Construction of Autonomous-Related Self / Sinan Doğan -- Ethnic Sociability: Holidays of Dutch Hindustanis in Spain / Jaswina Elahi -- The Cohesion of the Indian Diaspora / Ruben Gowricharn -- Diasporas as Autonomous Political Actors: the Case of the Sri Lankan Tamil Diaspora / Lola Guyot -- Gay African Refugees in Brazil: a Diaspora? / Vítor Lopes Andrade -- Muslim Women in the Diaspora: Shaping Lives and Negotiating Their Marriages / Enaya Hammad Othman -- Construction of Sikh Identity in British Sikh Diaspora in J. K. Rowling’s The Casual Vacancy / Harjinder Singh Majhail.