Diaspora Online: Identity Politics and Romanian Migrants
Ruxandra Trandafoiu
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Description for Diaspora Online: Identity Politics and Romanian Migrants
Hardback. This book chronicles the online cultural and political expressions of the Romanian diaspora, using websites based in Europe and North America. Through online exchanges, Romanians perform new types of citizenship, articulated from the margins of the political field. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; JFD; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, millions of Romanians emigrated in search of work and new experiences; they became engaged in an interrogation of what it meant to be Romanian in a united Europe and the globalized world. Their thoughts, feelings, and hopes soon began to populate the virtual world of digital and mobile technologies. This book chronicles the online cultural and political expressions of the Romanian diaspora, using websites based in Europe and North America. Through online exchanges, Romanians perform new types of citizenship, articulated from the margins of the political field. The politicization of their ... Read more
After the fall of the Iron Curtain in 1989, millions of Romanians emigrated in search of work and new experiences; they became engaged in an interrogation of what it meant to be Romanian in a united Europe and the globalized world. Their thoughts, feelings, and hopes soon began to populate the virtual world of digital and mobile technologies. This book chronicles the online cultural and political expressions of the Romanian diaspora, using websites based in Europe and North America. Through online exchanges, Romanians perform new types of citizenship, articulated from the margins of the political field. The politicization of their ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
439g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780857459435
SKU
V9780857459435
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About Ruxandra Trandafoiu
Ruxandra Trandafoiu is a senior lecturer in communication at Edge Hill University. A former journalist and art critic, she specializes in nationalism, online communication, and European politics. Her co-edited book The Globalization of Musics in Transit: Musical Migration and Tourism is published by Routledge in 2013.
Reviews for Diaspora Online: Identity Politics and Romanian Migrants
This was a high quality, well written manuscript on the Romanian diaspora. It was very informative, providing interesting commentary and information on a relatively unknown diasporic community.
Eugenia Siapera, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Eugenia Siapera, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki