Global Diasporas, an introduction
Häftad bok. University of Washington . First uppl. 1997. 228 sidor.
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What is a diaspora? For the Greeks, from whose language the word originated, diaspora meant the dispersal of population through colo-nization. For Jews, Africans, Armenians and other peoples the word acquired a more sinister and brutal meaning. Diaspora came to mean a collective trauma, a banishment into exile and a heartaching longing to return home.
During the early modern period, trade and labour diasporas girded the mercantilist and early capitalist worlds. Today the term has changed again, often implying a positive and ongoing relationship between migrants' homelands and their places of work and settlement. Scholars in the field of cultural studies have pointed to the emergence of dynamic "hybrid" and "post-colonial" diasporas. In his perceptive and arresting analysis, Robin Cohen illuminates all the changing meanings of diaspora and the contemporary diasporic condition. Innovative and accessible, this work will prove essential reading for students of race, ethnicity, nationalism and comparative politics.
Robin Cohen is Professor of Sociology at the University of Warwick.
His recent publications include Frontiers of Identity: The British and the Others and the Cambridge Survey of World Migration (editor).
