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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784456203321

Autore

Mishra Sudesh

Titolo

Diaspora criticism [[electronic resource] /] / Sudesh Mishra

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-280-64322-6

9786610643226

0-7486-2933-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (199 p.)

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration - Research

Emigration and immigration - Economic aspects

Globalization

Migrations of nations - Research

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

COVER; COPYRIGHT; Contents; Preface; 1 Prologue to a Generic Event; 2 The Scene of Dual Territoriality; 3 The Scene of Situational Laterality; 4 The Scene of Archival Specificity; 5 The Three Pillars of Diaspora Criticism; 6 In Lieu of an Epilogue; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Diaspora criticism takes the concept 'diaspora' as its object of inquiry and provides a framework for discussing displaced communities in a way that takes contemporary social, cultural and economic pressures into account. It also offers an alternative to Postcolonial Studies. This book is the first to provide an accessible overview of the critical trends in Diaspora criticism and to critically evaluate the major Diaspora critics and their models, with the aim of adding to the debate on methodology.  This authoritative account will be of interest to those working in Diaspora Studies and its rel