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Index
Cover Wiley Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies Title page Copyright page Notes on Contributors Chapter 1: Introduction – Diaspora and Transnationalism: Scapes, Scales, and Scopes
Conceptual Categories The Study of Diasporas and Diaspora Studies Dispersals and Transnationalism Transnationalism and the Question of the Nation-State Nostalgia, Moral Imagination, and Ethics Organization of the Book Acknowledgments
Part I: Transnationalism and Diaspora Through the Disciplines
Chapter 2: The Anthropology of Transnationalism and Diaspora
The “Trans-” and the “Nation” of Anthropology Rethinking Cultural Difference through Multiple Connections Disentangling Transnationalism from Globalization Diaspora and Transnationalism Diasporas, Homeland, and Place-Making Citizenship and Political Subjectivity Refugees and Asylum-Seekers Traveling Suitcase Trade The Home and Transnational Kinship Transnational Religions and Religious Diasporas Conclusion Acknowledgments
Chapter 3: Communication and Media Studies
Historical Tectonics Costs of Representation Demographies of the New Media
Chapter 4: Diaspora, Transnationalism, and Issues in Contemporary Politics
Relating Diaspora and Transnationalism to the Study of Politics Identity and the Boundaries of Political Citizenship The Political Mobilization of Diaspora and Transnational Groups Transnational Groups as Non-State and Kin-State Political Actors Globalization, Political Community, and Emerging Cosmopolitan Identities
Chapter 5: Diaspora and Transnationalism in Urban Studies
Diaspora, Transnationalism, and Urban Studies Transnationalism from Above and Below Transnational Urbanism Cities as Places of Origin/Departure Cities as Places of Destination/Settlement Cities as Places of “Return” Cities as Places of Transit/Life-Cycle Cities Translocal Cities Material, Visual, and Embodied Spaces of Translocal Cities Conclusions: An Urban Diaspora?
Chapter 6: Migration and Transnational Studies: Between Simultaneity and Rupture
Introduction: “You Can Never Return Home” Pakistani Myths of Return and Arrival Virtuous Citizens and Mediated Ruptures: Virtual Illusios of the Social Field Migration “Guilt” and “Shame,” “Pity” and “Sacrifice” Transnational Migration as a Cultural Movement: Aesthetics, Ritual, and Moral Inscriptions Conclusion: Towards a Critical Transnationalism
Chapter 7: Religion, Religions, and Diaspora
Religion, Diaspora Consciousness, and the Reinvention of Tradition Religious Organizations, Ethnic Distinctiveness, and Hostland Incorporation Transnational Migrants and the Global Circulation of Religions Re-Mapping Diasporic and Transnational Religion: A Locative Approach Some Future Developments
Chapter 8: Postcolonialism and the Diasporic Imaginary
Methodological Nationalism and the Challenge of Mobility Colonial Space-Making and Its Impact on Diasporas The Diasporic Imaginary The Same Difference? Postcolonial and Diasporic Literatures Acknowledgment
Part II: Backgrounds and Perspectives
Chapter 9: Slavery, Indentured Labor, and the Making of a Transnational World
Introduction African Slavery in an Age of Modernity Revolution, Nationalism, and Emancipation British Abolition of the Slave Trade and the Transition to Indentured Labor Conclusion
Chapter 10: When the Diaspora Returns Home: Ambivalent Encounters with the Ethnic Homeland
Introduction: The Return of the Diaspora The Causes of Diasporic Return Ambivalent Homecomings: Ethnic and Socioeconomic Marginalization in the Ancestral Homeland Ethnic Return Migration from the First World: A More Positive Homecoming? Diasporic Return and Ethnic Identity Ethnic Return Migration, Immigrant Settlement, and the Changing Meanings of Home and Homeland
Chapter 11: Interracial Sex and the Making of Empire
Common Threads/Divergent Patterns
Chapter 12: Istanbul as a Cosmopolitan City: Myths and Realities
Prologue: The Birth Pangs of Levantine Cosmopolitanism The Slippery Grounds of Cosmopolitanism and Transnationalism The Search for Ottoman Cosmopolitanism The Nineteenth Century Levantine Cosmopolitanism: A Flexible Praxis Epilogue: The Destruction and Reinvention of Cosmopolitanism
Part III: The Aesthetics of Transnationalism and Diaspora
Chapter 13: The Anxieties of “New” Indian Modernity: Globalization, Diaspora, and Bollywood
Diasporic Doubling and Death in Hindi Cinema How King Khan Conquered Bollywood and the Diaspora “New” Bollywood and NRI 2.0
Chapter 14: West African Video-Movies and Their Transnational Imaginaries
Modes of Production Imaginary Travel and Virtual Tourism Conclusion
Chapter 15: The European Salsa Congress: Music and Dance in Transnational Circuits
From the Barrio to the Congress: Salsa in a Transnationalizing World Surviving History through Dance: Deep Vectors of Transnationalism Neither Latinidad nor Cubanidad: Salsa and a New European Cosmopolitanism Evolving Transnationalism at the Berlin Salsa Congress South–(North)–South Encounters in the Northern Congress Acknowledgments
Part IV: Overviews and Case Studies
Chapter 16: Gender and Identity in Oral Histories of Elderly Russian Jewish Migrants in the United States and Canada
Method Context Findings One Can Count on a Colonel to Be on Time for a Prayer: Masculinity and Ethnic Identity A Good Jewish Grandmother Never Goes to a Restaurant: Perceptions of Femininity Gender and Elderly Russian Jewish Migrants: Summary of Findings Acknowledgment
Chapter 17: The Transnational Life of Cheese
Introduction The Parochial Origins of Cheese All That Is Local Melts into the Nation Cheese in Motion: Qualification for the Transnational Sphere Conclusion
Chapter 18: Diaspora and Transnational Perspectives on Remittances
Situating Remittances: Trends, Theory, Policy Exploring Remittance Behavior: An Economic Approach More than Money: The Social Embedding of Transnational Flows From “Shadow Households” to “Superheroes”: Migrants' Perspectives Temporal and Spatial Dimensions: Reconsidering Conventional Expectations? Comparative Contexts: Negotiating Disparities Conclusion
Chapter 19: A Diaspora Concept That Works: Tibetan Economy and Identity in India and Canada
Introduction The Diaspora Concept and Studies of Tibetan Migration Tibetans in India Tibetans in Canada Conclusion
Chapter 20: Cell Phones and Transnationalism in Africa
Introduction Understanding the Context for the Cell Phone Revolution in Africa Social Networks and Absent Presences in Transnational Circuits Transnational Remittances and Entrepreneurship Transnationalism and Glocalization of Politics Conclusion
Chapter 21: Home-Making in the Diaspora: Bringing Palestine to London
A Palestinian Diaspora? What Is “Home”? A Family Reunited At Home in the Café Making Palestine Visible Conclusion Acknowledgments
Chapter 22: Imagining Transnational Futures in Vanuatu
About Vanuatu The Recognised Seasonal Employer (RSE) Scheme Case 1: What Women Want Case 2: Transforming Masculinities Conclusion: Changing the Conversation
Chapter 23: Global Cities and Transnational Circulations: Singapore and Hong Kong
Introduction The Idea of a Global City Transnational Flows: Singapore and Hong Kong Transformation in Technologies, Media, and Cultures
Chapter 24: Diaspora and Discourse: The Contrapuntal Lives of Mexican Non-Migrants
Introduction A Tale of Two Mexicos: The Contrapuntal Lives of Non-Migrants Diasporic Home-building: Working-Class Mobility Dreamed and Deferred Diaspora at Home – Rosario's Discourse Conclusion Acknowledgments
Chapter 25: The Scales of Justice: Reflections on Representation and Responsibility in a Transnational Frame
Viewer as Victim Guatemala's Crucifixion Self-Recognition
Chapter 26: Greek Settler Communities in Central and South Asia, 323 bce to 10 ce
Alexandria the Farthest The Hellenistic Oikoumene The Graeco-Bactrian and Indo-Greek Kingdoms Conclusion: The Heirs of Alexander
Chapter 27: Parts and Labor: The Commodification of the Human Body
Organ Trade in Bangladesh Violence Against the Poor Suffering of Sellers Against Embodied Self Conclusion
Chapter 28: Diaspora Activism and the Politics of Locality: The Armenians of France
Surp Mesrop School at Its Thirtieth Anniversary Migrating to France French Diplomacy and the Making of the Armenian Refugees Problem Armenians in France: From Refugees to Diaspora Genocide and Diaspora Communitarianism and the French State “Stateless” Power French-Armenianness: Genocide and “Nativist” Discourse “Mort pour la France” Western Armenian as a “Native” Language? Conclusion Acknowledgments
Chapter 29: The Muslim Brotherhood and the Transnationalism of Islam
Introduction Renegotiating the Sacred: Impact of Contemporary Transnationalism The Transnational in Traditional Islam Yusuf al-Qaradawi: The Scholar Activist Amr Khaled: The Contemporary Preacher Superstar Transnational Networking: Muslim Brotherhood and Advocacy Organizations Conclusion
Chapter 30: Religions of the African Diaspora
Defining the Category Multiple Diasporic Horizons Contested and Emerging Diasporas African Diasporic Situations as Catalysts of Religion Sites of African Diasporic Religious Attachment Fusions and Fissures: The Particularity of African Diasporic Culture Calibrating the Various Diaspora Conversions African Diaspora as Meta-Religion
Chapter 31: Diaspora Tourism: The Heritage of Slavery in Ghana
Introduction The Diaspora African Call to Ghana Africa as Home and the Structure of a Homeland Tour Sankɔfa Goals of Homeland Tours Perceptions of African Americans and Afro Caribbeans Cultural Dissonance and Economic Difference Perceptions on Pilgrimage Tourism in Ghana Tourism for Development Conclusion
Chapter 32: The Transnational Politics of the Techno-Class in Bangalore
“I Believe in Bangalore” Social Space and the New Techno-Class in Bangalore Janaagraha: Understanding the Contestations of Space Transnational Professionals and the Changing Face of Civil Society Conclusions and Discussions Acknowledgments
Index
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