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Between Dispersion and Belonging

Global Approaches to Diaspora in Practice Volume 2

Herausgeber: Chowdhury, Amitava; Akenson, Don; Akenson, Donald Harman
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As a historical and religious term "diaspora" has existed for many years, but it only became an academic and analytical concept in the 1980s and '90s. Within its various usages, two broad directions stand out: diaspora as a dispersion of people from an original homeland, and diaspora as a claim of identity that expresses a form of belonging and also keeps alive a sense of difference. Between Dispersion and Belonging critically assesses the meaning and practice of diaspora first by engaging with the theoretical life histories of the concept, and then by examining a range of historical case stud...