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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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
chapter 3|19 pages
Place, movement and identity: processes of inclusion and exclusion in a ‘Caribbean’ family KAREN FOG O LW I G
chapter 4|21 pages
Why locality matters
chapter 7|14 pages
The invention of history in the Irish-American diaspora: myths of the Great Famine ASTRID WONNEBE RG E R
part |2 pages
PART II Diasporic aspects of religion