Book reviews: Literature of the Indian Diaspora edited by O.P. Dwivedi. Vivek Kumar Dwivedi. Transnational Literature Vol. 4 no. 2‚ May 2012. http://fhrc.flinders.edu.au/transnational/home.html O.P. Dwivedi‚ Literature of the Indian Diaspora (Pencraft International‚ 2011) Literature of the Indian Diaspora constitutes a major study of the literature and other cultural texts of the Indian diaspora. It is also an important contribution to diaspora theory in general. Applying a theoretical framework
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Tracking Diaspora: Recent developments to the concept Michelle Shalini Ramakrishnan(P49301) 1.0 INTRODUCTION This essay attempts to examine the recent developments and evolvement to the concept of diaspora. The articles used in this essay to explore the above mentioned issue are Diaspora: Moving Beyond Minority Status by Mary Lou L. Alcid‚ The (Re)Turn of the Native: Diaspora‚ Transnationalism‚ and the Re-Inscription of ‘Home” by Prof Krishna Sen‚ Un/Settling Malaysia: Diaspora and National
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HUMAN DIASPORA HISTORY EUROPEAN DIASPORA European history contains numerous diaspora-like events. In ancient times‚ the trading and colonising activities of the Greek tribes from the Balkans and Asia Minor spread people of Greek culture‚ religion and language around the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins‚ establishing Greek city states in Magna Graecia (Sicily‚ southern Italy)‚ northern Libya‚ eastern Spain‚ the south of France‚ and the Black Sea coasts. Greeks founded more than 400 colonies. Alexander
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To fully understand the Global Dimension of the African Diaspora‚ you must first comprehend the meaning of the word Diaspora; which is when a group of ethnic people move from their motherland into another country. In America this is common among Africans‚ Asians‚ Mexicans‚ Indians‚ Persians‚ and Jewish people. While in their host country they abide by the rules and regulations‚ but at the same time sustain a relationship to their motherland. In the communities which they live businesses and restaurants
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Diaspora Literature - A Testimony of Realism By Shaleen Singh Diaspora Literature involves an idea of a homeland‚ a place from where the displacement occurs and narratives of harsh journeys undertaken on account of economic compulsions. Basically Diaspora is a minority community living in exile. The Oxford English Dictionary 1989 Edition (second) traces the etymology of the word ’Diaspora’ back to its Greek root and to its appearance in the Old Testament (Deut: 28:25) as such it references. God’s
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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
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Diasporas Q3: How do Clifford and Kirshenblatt-Gimblett define the term “diaspora”? Are their approaches different‚ similar? A diaspora is defined as a group of people that were forced to leave one place to another. James Clifford and Barbara Kirshenblatt Gimblett both discusses about the term diasporas‚ but the way they defined the term were very different. Clifford defines diaspora as an immigrant communities who were separated from their homeland by barriers. These dispersed people increase
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Journal Article Review In this article the authors present findings from a study of African immigrants to Ireland. The main focus of the study was to look at the experiences of pregnant and post natal African women and to explore questions about their experiences of maternity services in Ireland and also larger issues of integration into Irish society. The research was based primarily in a Dublin maternity hospital. The author also highlights a number of issues African immigrants face when living
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William Safran in his essay Diasporas in Modern Societies: Myths of Homeland and Return (1991) identifies six characteristics that feature the categorizing of diasporic communities. The first feature‚ as he mentions‚ is the ‘dispersal from center to periphery’‚ a creation of a collective memory‚ non-belonging to or indeed non-acceptance by the host country‚ a strong wish to return to the ideal homeland‚ a belief that the homeland will be peaceful‚ secure and prosperous and lastly a continuous relationship
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Black Politicization through Social Movements African-Americans have been systematically mistreated and unequally viewed by society. From first contact‚ social stigma and power relations subjugated the race to extremely harsh living conditions. This systematic mistreatment of African-Americans continued for over 300 years‚ until they operationalized political movements and used their independent and unique agency to overcome the hardships. Two outstanding examples of these social and political uprisings
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