Diaspora : an introduction

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Title:

Author:

Braziel, Jana Evans, 1967-

ISBN:

9781405153393

9781405153409

Personal Author:

Braziel, Jana Evans, 1967-

Publication Information:

Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Pub., 2008.

Physical Description:

vii, 307 p. ; 25 cm.

Contents:

Diasporic workers, new global economy -- Gender and diasporas -- Global traffic -- Queer diasporas -- Race and diasporas -- Transnational activism, diasporic arts of resistance -- Postface : diasporic shifts post-9/11.

Subject Term:

Emigration and immigration -- Social aspects.

Globalization.

Electronic Access:

Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2007024731-b.html
Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2007024731-d.html
Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0802/2007024731-t.html

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Summary

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 comprehensive analysis of labour and economic migration; the relationship of diaspora to gender and race; queer diasporas; and diasporic 'acts of resistance'
Theorizing Diaspora (2003), Braziel's groundbreaking anthology, offers complementary readings for this text