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Description for Diaspora
Paperback. International migrants - uprooted from family, friends, and nation-state, and scattered across the globe - form vibrant diasporic communities. Whether through economic migration, political asylum, or corporate mobility, this type of wide scale dispersion of populations brings with it a myriad of important issues. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 546.
This introduction highlights key topics significant to contemporary discussions of diaspora and stressing the substantial impact these migratory shifts have on global capital.
This introduction highlights key topics significant to contemporary discussions of diaspora and stressing the substantial impact these migratory shifts have on global capital.
- Offers a critical introduction to diaspora - the study of dispersed ethnic populations - with specific focus on migratory shifts post-1989 and post 9/11
- Examines the ways global capitalist shifts and the global terrorism war impact diaspora movements since the mid-1990s
- Includes discussion of globalization, the global terror war, and post-9/11 geopolitical and geo-economic shifts
- Engages directly with the political and ideological formations of the contemporary diaspora movement
- Provides ... Read more
- Theorizing Diaspora (2003), Braziel's groundbreaking anthology, offers complementary readings for this text
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405153409
SKU
V9781405153409
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Jana Evans Braziel
Jana Evans Braziel is Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of Cincinnati. She has co-edited Theorizing Diasporas (with Anita Mannur, Blackwell, 2003).
Reviews for Diaspora
"The book will be of interest to scholars as well as students in the field, though there is a clear emphasis on the latter, and the book contains an opening set of definitions dealing with key terms (‘refugees' and ‘detainees', rather than hybridity), with each chapter ending on a series of questions for readers to consider. The book closes with ... Read more