03849oam 2200757I 450 991045034270332120200520144314.01-138-99072-81-134-39036-X1-280-07841-30-203-40105-010.4324/9780203401057 (CKB)1000000000249210(EBL)200304(OCoLC)56573405(SSID)ssj0000388987(PQKBManifestationID)11274110(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000388987(PQKBWorkID)10443778(PQKB)11776033(MiAaPQ)EBC200304(PPN)198459491(Au-PeEL)EBL200304(CaPaEBR)ebr10093582(CaONFJC)MIL7841(EXLCZ)99100000000024921020180331d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrDiaspora, identity, and religion new directions in theory and research /edited by Waltraud Kokot, Khachig Tololyan and Carolin AlfonsoLondon ;New York, N.Y. :Routledge,2004.1 online resource (222 p.)Routledge Research in TransnationalismDescription based upon print version of record.0-203-35105-3 0-415-30991-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; Deconstructing and comparing diasporas; Politics, history and locality; 'Too close for comfort': re-membering the forgotten diaspora of Irish women in England; Place, movement and identity: processes of inclusion and exclusion in a 'Caribbean' family; Why locality matters: diaspora consciousness and sedentariness in the Armenian diaspora in Greece; Past and present in the history of modern Greek diaspora; Griots, roots and identity in the African diasporaThe invention of history in the Irish-American diaspora: myths of the Great FamineDiasporic aspects of religion; Religion or culture? Concepts of identity in the Alevi diaspora; A double minority: notes on the emerging Yezidi diaspora; A diachronic view of diaspora, the significance of religion and Hindu Trinidadians; Let it flow: economy, spirituality and gender in the Sindhi network; IndexOver the last decade, concepts of diaspora and locality have gained complex new meanings in political discourse as well as in social and cultural studies. Diaspora, in particular, has acquired new meanings related to notions such as global deterritorialization, transnational migration and cultural hybridity.The authors discuss the key concepts and theory, focus on the meaning of religion both as a factor in forming diasporic social organisations, as well as shaping and maintaining diasporic identities, and the appropriation of space and place in history. It includes up to date research of Routledge Research in TransnationalismEmigration and immigrationEthnic relationsPolitical aspectsGroup identityReligious minoritiesSpace and timeSocial aspectsElectronic books.Emigration and immigration.Ethnic relationsPolitical aspects.Group identity.Religious minorities.Space and timeSocial aspects.304.809Kokot Waltraud870879Tololyan Khachig870880Alfonso Carolin1969-870881MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450342703321Diaspora, identity, and religion1944179UNINA