Global Diasporas: An Introduction

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
List of figures
List of tables
Acknowledgements
Preface to the 25th Anniversary Edition
1 The study of diasporas: a guide
	Simple definitions of diaspora
	A complex idea of diaspora: nine strands of a diasporic rope
	A typology of diasporas
	Diasporic actors and activism
	Conclusion
	Further reading
	Questions to think about
	Notes
	References
2 Transcending the prototype: rethinking the Jewish diaspora
	The Jewish diaspora as prototype
	‘Babylon’ as a site of oppression
	‘Babylon’ as a site of creativity
	The Jewish diaspora and Christianity
	The Jewish diaspora and Islam
	Ashkenazi fates
	Conclusion
	Further reading
	Questions to think about
	Notes
	References
3 Victim diasporas: Africans and Armenians
	Origins of the African diaspora
	The social construction of African homelands
	Return and other aspects of the African diaspora
	The creation of the Armenian diaspora
	After the massacres: Armenians at home and abroad
	Soviet Armenia and after
	Conclusion
	Further reading
	Questions to think about
	Notes
	References
4 Labour and imperial diasporas: indentured Indians and the British
	Indentured Indians: a new system of slavery?
	Indentured women
	The songs of Ramayana and political outcomes
	Imperial diasporas
	The settlement of the British Empire
	British emigration from below: the role of ‘gentlewomen’
	The end of the dominion diaspora
	Effects on British identity
	Conclusion
	Further reading
	Questions to think about
	Notes
	References
5 Trade diasporas: Chinese and Lebanese
	The making of the Chinese trade diaspora
	The Chinese as minorities
	The great Lebanese emigration
	The Lebanese diaspora: butterflies and caterpillars
	Conclusion
	Further reading
	Questions to think about
	Notes
	References
6 Deterritorialized diasporas: the black Atlantic and other cases
	The Caribbean: migration and diaspora
	African-Caribbeans in the USA
	African-Caribbeans in the UK
	Caribbean peoples in the Netherlands and France
	The black Atlantic thesis
	Other deterritorialized diasporas
	Conclusion
	Further reading
	Questions to think about
	Notes
	References
7 Incipient diasporas: Afghans and other refugees and displaced people
	Workers in the Gulf states
	Turkish guestworkers in Germany
	Incipient diasporas and ‘new diasporas’
	The making of an incipient diaspora: Afghans
	Refugees and displaced people as reservoirs for incipient diasporas
	Incipiency and contiguity: the dimensions of diaspora formation
	Conclusion
	Further reading
	Questions to think about
	Notes
	References
8 Dreams and realities of a homeland: Zionists and Sikhs
	Birth traumas: can Israel be a ‘normal’ state?
	Israel and the diaspora: a tangled relationship
	Yordim, sabras and transnationals
	Israel and the US Jewish diaspora: attitudinal shifts
	A Sikh identity
	Sikh origins
	Amritsar, the Golden Temple and the lure of homeland
	Post-Khalistani visions: the politics of recognition and a global qaum
	Conclusion
	Further reading
	Questions to think about
	Notes
	References
9 Diaspora engagement: state and non-state actors
	Home governments and diasporas: from rejection to adoption
	Host governments and diasporas: from fear to accommodation
	International agencies/INGOs and diasporas as agents of development
	Diasporas and homeland community engagement
	Diasporas in conflict and post-conflict situations
	Conclusion
	Further reading
	Questions to think about
	Notes
	References
10 Conclusion: mutating meanings of diaspora
	Jews and Greeks in classical times
	Diaspora in early Christianity
	The expanded concept
	The emergent field of diaspora studies
	Decoupling diaspora from homeland
	Applied diaspora studies
	Diasporas and complexity
	Conclusion: between self-declaration and a Procrustean bed
	Further reading
	Questions to think about
	Notes
	References
Index