Theorizing Diaspora by Jana Evans Braziel, Anita Mannur - 9780631233923

Theorizing DiasporaA Reader\nAuthor(s): Jana Evans Braziel, Anita Mannur\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Wiley-Blackwell\nISBN-13: 9780631233923, 978-0631233923\nSynopsis\nBringing together the key essays that have constituted this field since its inception and that point the way toward its future, Theorizing Diaspora is a central resource for understanding diaspora as an emergent and contested theoretical space. \n\nAnthologizes the most influential and critically received essays that have shaped the trajectory of diaspora studies.\nOffers classic statements that have defined the field by scholars including Appadurai, Gilroy, Radhakrishnan, and Hall.\nPresents divergent strains of multiple diasporas, including Chinese, Black African, Jewish, South Asian, Latin American, and Caribbean.\nReflects the modalities and methodologies of scholars across the humanities and social sciences.\nIncludes a postscript on diaspora in cyberspace and a.