Diaspora, identity and religion : new directions in theory and research /

Other Authors: Kokot, Waltraud, Tölölyan, Khachig, Alfonso, Carolin,
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Routledge, 2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Deconstructing and comparing diasporas / William Safran
  • Diasporic spatiality and the question of identity / Avtar Brah
  • Identity politics, history, and locality
  • "Too close for comfort" : remembering the forgotten diaspora of Irish women in England / Breda Gray
  • Place, movement, and identity : processes of inclusion and exclusion in a Caribbean family / Karen Fog Olwig
  • Why locality matters : diaspora consciousness and sedentariness in the Armenian diaspora in Greece / Susanne Schwalgin
  • Past and present in the history of modern Greek diaspora / Ioannis K. Hassiotis
  • Griots, roots, and identity in the African diaspora / Hauke Dorsch
  • The invention of history in the Irish American diaspora : myths of the great famine / Astrid Wonneberger
  • Diasporic aspects of religion
  • Religion or culture? : concepts of identity in the Alevi diaspora / Martin Sökefeld
  • A double minority : notes on the emerging Yezidi diaspora / Andreas Ackermann
  • A diachronic view at diaspora, the significance of religion, and Hindu Trinidadians / Martin Baumann
  • They prayed in Brazil and it rained in Boston : Dominican and Brazilian transnational religious life / Peggy Levitt
  • Let it flow : economy, spirituality, and gender in the Sindhi network / Dieter Haller.