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

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 p...

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Superior document:At the interface/probing the boundaries, Volume 117
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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).
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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.