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Title Diaspora, identity, and religion : new directions in theory and research / edited by Waltraud Kokot, Khachig Tölölyan and Carolin Alfonso.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.

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Series Routeldge research in transnationalism ; 14
Transnationalism. Routledge research in transnationalism ; 14.
Note Title from PDF title page (viewed 25 Nov., 2009).
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Deconstructing and comparing diasporas / William Safran -- Politics, history and locaiity-- "Too close for comfort" : remembering the forgotten diaspora of Irish women in England / Breda Gray -- Place, movement, and identity : processes of inclusion and exclusion in a Caribbean family / Karen Fog Olwig -- Why locality matters : diaspora consciousness and sedentariness in the Armenian diaspora in Greece / Susanne Schwalgin -- Past and present in the history of modern Greek diaspora / Ioannis K. Hassiotis -- Griots, roots, and identity in the African diaspora / Hauke Dorsch -- Invention of history in the Irish American diaspora : myths of the great famine / Astrid Wonneberger -- Diasporic aspects of religion -- Religion or culture? : concepts of identity in the Alevi diaspora / Martin Sökefeld -- A double minority : notes on the emerging Yezidi diaspora / Andreas Ackermann -- A diachronic view at diaspora, the significance of religion, and Hindu Trinidadians / Martin Baumann -- Let it flow : economy, spirituality, and gender in the Sindhi network / Dieter Haller.
Summary Examines the development of the concept of diaspora and new perspectives on global networks and local identities. Features case histories on the Caribbean, Irish, Irish-American, Armenian, African and Greek diasporas.
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Subject Emigration and immigration.
Emigration and immigration.
Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.
Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.
Group identity.
Group identity.
Religious minorities.
Religious minorities.
Space and time -- Social aspects.
Space and time -- Social aspects.
Space and time.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Kokot, Waltraud.
Tölölyan, Khachig.
Alfonso, Carolin, 1969-
Other Form: Print version: Diaspora, identity, and religion. London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2004 0415309913 (DLC) 2003021155 (OCoLC)53138517
ISBN 0203401050
9780203401057
0203341287
9780203341285
0415309913
9780415309912