ABSTRACT

Over the last decade, concepts of diaspora and locality have gained complex new meanings in political discourse as well as in social and cultural studies. Diaspora, in particular, has acquired new meanings related to notions such as global deterritorialization, transnational migration and cultural hybridity.
The authors discuss the key concepts and theory, focus on the meaning of religion both as a factor in forming diasporic social organisations, as well as shaping and maintaining diasporic identities, and the appropriation of space and place in history. It includes up to date research of the Caribbean, Irish, Armenian, African and Greek diasporas.

part |2 pages

PART I Politics, history and locality

chapter 2|20 pages

‘Too close for comfort’: re-membering the forgotten diaspora of Irish women in England BRE DA G R AY

Re-membering the forgotten diaspora of Irish women in England

chapter 3|19 pages

Place, movement and identity: processes of inclusion and exclusion in a ‘Caribbean’ family KAREN FOG O LW I G

Processes of inclusion and exclusion in a ‘Caribbean’ family

chapter 4|21 pages

Why locality matters

Diaspora consciousness and sedentariness in the Armenian diaspora in Greece

part |2 pages

PART II Diasporic aspects of religion

chapter 8|23 pages

Religion or culture? Concepts of identity in the Alevi diaspora M A RT I N SÖKEFELD

Concepts of identity in the Alevi diaspora

chapter 9|14 pages

A double minority

Notes on the emerging Yezidi diaspora

chapter 11|16 pages

Let it flow

Economy, spirituality and gender in the Sindhi Network