1. Ruptures - decentred nations: transnationalism and the nation in Latin America -- 2. The politics of belonging - 'political love': popular culture and the national romance in Latin America -- 3. The politics of belonging - imagining America, remembering home: Latino/a cultures in urban America -- 4. Economic ethnoscapes - 'diamonds are forever': ethnicity, economy and the Indian diamond trade -- Making connections - transnationals, nation and migration -- 5. Ruptures - migration and globalisation: looking back and looking forward -- 6. The politics of belonging - sex work, domestic work: transnational household strategies -- 7. Economic ethnoscapes - men, women and business.