Community, Empire and Migration
South Asians in Diaspora
Published on 14. January 2014
Book
Paperback/Softback
333 pages
978-1-349-65891-6 (ISBN)
Description
South Asians in Diaspora is a collection of essays concerning the history, politics, and anthropology of migration in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, as well as in the numerous overseas locations, such as Fiji, Africa, the Caribbean and USA, where South Asians migrated in the colonial period and after. It addresses the connections between migration, problems of identity and ethnic conflict from a comparative perspective, and highlights the role of shared colonial experiences in providing 'communal' solidarities and discord.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Illustrations
biography
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-349-65891-6 (9781349658916)
DOI
10.1057/9780333977293
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11/2000
Palgrave Macmillan
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Content
List of Tables and Figures List of Maps Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Community and Identity Among South Asians in Diaspora; C.Bates 'They Cannot Represent Themselves': Threats to Difference and So-Called Community Politics in Fiji from 1936-47; J.D.Kelly Nested Identities: Ethnicity, Community and the Nature of Group Conflict in Mauritius; A.Nave The Development of Communalism among East African Asians; M.Twaddle Imagining? Ethnic Identity and Indians in South Africa; R.K.Thiara Migration, Migrant Communities and Otherness in Twentieth Century Sinhala Nationalism in Sri Lanka (up to Independence); N.Wickramasinghe Sojourners and Settlers: South Indians and Communal Identity in Malaysia; A.Kaur Communitarian Identities and the Private Sphere: A Gender Dialogue amongst Indo-Trinidadians (1845-1917); S.Chatterjee Hyderabadis in Pakistan: Changing Nations; K.Leonard Mohajirs in Pakistan: A Case of Nativisation of Migrants; M.Waseem Bridging the Gulf: Migration, Modernity and Identity among Muslims in Mumbai; T.B.Hansen Relationships between Muslims and Hindus in the United States: Mlecchas vs Kafirs?; A.T.Mohammad Index