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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821155703321

Titolo

Diasporas : concepts, intersections, identities / / edited by Kim Knott and Seán McLoughlin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2010

[London, England] : , : Bloomsbury Publishing, , 2021

ISBN

1-350-21959-2

1-84813-871-7

1-282-90336-5

9786612903366

1-84813-539-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 p.)

Disciplina

304.2

Soggetti

Emigration and immigration - Social aspects

Sociology

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

pt. 1. Concepts and theories -- pt. 2. Intersections -- pt. 3. Empirical and metaphorical diasporas.

Sommario/riassunto

Featuring essays by world-renowned scholars, Diasporas charts the various ways in which global population movements and associated social, political and cultural issues have been seen through the lens of diaspora. Wide-ranging and interdisciplinary, this collection considers critical concepts shaping the field, such as migration, ethnicity, post-colonialism and cosmopolitanism.