Diaspora CL
Theme: Diaspora
Dr Jamaluddin Bin Aziz
PPBL, FSSK,
UKM
Definition
Greek = ‘to disperse’
Refers to any people of ethnic population forced or induced to leave their traditional ethnic homelands, being dispersed throughout other parts of the world, and the ensuing developments in their dispersal and culture migration, sojourning and colonisation.
Definition
Hebrew ‘exile’
Refers to the populations of Jews exiled from
Judea in 586 BC by the Babylonians, and
Jerusalem in 135 AC by the Roman Empire.
Used interchangeably to refer to the historical movements of the dispersed ethnic population of
Israel, the cultural development of that population, or the population itself.
Jewish diaspora – fragments Jewish sense of identity, history, culture.
Diaspora: Cohen (1997)
Communities of people living together in one country who acknowledge that “the old country”
– a notion that often reflected deeply in language, religion, custom or folklore – always has some claims on their loyalty and emotions
(p. ix)
Child born to migrant peoples and living in a diaspora community will be influenced by the
“past immigration history” of the parents and grandparents. Global diasporas (Cohen)
Victim: Jewish, Africans, The Roma/ Gypsies
War: Africans, Palestinians, Afghans,
Vietnamese
Labour: Indian, Chinese
Trade: Chinese, Lebanese (Muslim diaspora)
Imperial : British – Irish, white South, Africans
“Homeland”: Palestinians
Cultural: the Caribbean
Definition
Brent Edwards, the author of The Practice of Diaspora, suggests that diaspora is less a historical condition than a set of practices: the claims, correspondences, and collaborations.
In literature, “diasporic literature” refers to a body of work that is written (usually) from immigrant experiences.
Diaspora: Ashcroft et al (2000)
Postcolonial Context: Closely connected to the political and cultural situations that resulted from
Western colonisation.
“the voluntary or forcible movement of peoples from their homelands into new
Dr Jamaluddin Bin Aziz
PPBL, FSSK,
UKM
Definition
Greek = ‘to disperse’
Refers to any people of ethnic population forced or induced to leave their traditional ethnic homelands, being dispersed throughout other parts of the world, and the ensuing developments in their dispersal and culture migration, sojourning and colonisation.
Definition
Hebrew ‘exile’
Refers to the populations of Jews exiled from
Judea in 586 BC by the Babylonians, and
Jerusalem in 135 AC by the Roman Empire.
Used interchangeably to refer to the historical movements of the dispersed ethnic population of
Israel, the cultural development of that population, or the population itself.
Jewish diaspora – fragments Jewish sense of identity, history, culture.
Diaspora: Cohen (1997)
Communities of people living together in one country who acknowledge that “the old country”
– a notion that often reflected deeply in language, religion, custom or folklore – always has some claims on their loyalty and emotions
(p. ix)
Child born to migrant peoples and living in a diaspora community will be influenced by the
“past immigration history” of the parents and grandparents. Global diasporas (Cohen)
Victim: Jewish, Africans, The Roma/ Gypsies
War: Africans, Palestinians, Afghans,
Vietnamese
Labour: Indian, Chinese
Trade: Chinese, Lebanese (Muslim diaspora)
Imperial : British – Irish, white South, Africans
“Homeland”: Palestinians
Cultural: the Caribbean
Definition
Brent Edwards, the author of The Practice of Diaspora, suggests that diaspora is less a historical condition than a set of practices: the claims, correspondences, and collaborations.
In literature, “diasporic literature” refers to a body of work that is written (usually) from immigrant experiences.
Diaspora: Ashcroft et al (2000)
Postcolonial Context: Closely connected to the political and cultural situations that resulted from
Western colonisation.
“the voluntary or forcible movement of peoples from their homelands into new