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Diaspora : an introduction (paper)

Auteurs : BRAZIEL , TURTON , IRWIG

Prix indicatif 81,33 €
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Date de parution : 12-2007
Langue : ANGLAIS
304p. 24.6 x 17.1 Hardback
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Résumé

This introduction highlights key topics significant to contemporary discussions of diaspora and stressing the substantial impact these migratory shifts have on global capital.

Sommaire

"Acknowledgments.

Preface: Between Homelands and Homelessness? New Diasporas, Global Refugees.

Introducing Diaspora: Key Terms.

Questions for Reflection and Discussion.

Additional Research.

1. Diasporic Workers, New Global Economy.

Case Study: ""La Frontera"": Transborder Migrations, Mexican American Diasporic Workers.

Questions for Reflection and Discussion.

Additional Research.

2. Gender and Diasporas.

Case Study: Filipina Working Diasporas in the US, Hong Kong, and Italy.

Questions for Reflection and Discussion.

Additional Research.

3. Global Traffic.

Questions for Reflection and Discussion.

Additional Research.

4. Queer Diasporas.

Questions for Reflection and Discussion.

Additional Research.

5. Race and Diasporas.

Case Study: Outsiders Within: Les Beurs and Frances ""Crise des banlieues"".

Case Study: Barred Entry: Haitian and Southeast Asian Asylees in the US and Australia.

Questions for Reflection and Discussion.

Additional Research.

6. Transnational Activism, Diasporic Arts of Resistance.

Case Study 1: Troubled Waters, Dam Nation, Grassroots, and Transnational Indian Diasporic Resistance: Whence Narmada?.

Case Study 2: Haitian Diaspora and Transnational ""Tenth Department"" Activism.

Case Study 3: Filipina Maids in Hong Kong.

Questions for Reflection and Discussion.

Additional Research.

Postface: Diasporic Shifts Post 9/11.

Questions for Reflection and Discussion.

Additional Research.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index"

Public concerné

advanced undergraduate students and above studying diaspora within cultural studies, race and ethnicity studies, American studies or sociology