Theorizing Diaspora: A Reader

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Jana Evans Braziel, Anita Mannur
Wiley, Jan 27, 2003 - Social Science - 356 pages
Bringing together the key essays that have constituted this fieldsince its inception and that point the way toward its future,Theorizing Diaspora is a central resource for understandingdiaspora as an emergent and contested theoretical space.

  • Anthologizes the most influential and critically receivedessays that have shaped the trajectory of diaspora studies.
  • Offers classic statements that have defined the field byscholars including Appadurai, Gilroy, Radhakrishnan, andHall.
  • Presents divergent strains of multiple diasporas, includingChinese, Black African, Jewish, South Asian, Latin American, andCaribbean.
  • Reflects the modalities and methodologies of scholars acrossthe humanities and social sciences.
  • Includes a postscript on diaspora in cyberspace and anextensive bibliography.

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About the author (2003)

Jana Evans Braziel is Assistant Professor of English at theUniversity of Wisconsin, La Crosse. In 2002–3 she was FiveCollege Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of English atAmherst College. She has written widely on diaspora and culturalstudies, and is the editor of Bodies Out of Bounds: Fatness andTransgression (with Kathleen LeBesco, 2001).

Anita Mannur is a postdoctoral fellow in Asian AmericanStudies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

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TitleTheorizing Diaspora: A Reader
KeyWorks in Cultural Studies
EditorsJana Evans Braziel, Anita Mannur
Editionreprint
PublisherWiley, 2003
ISBN0631233911, 9780631233916
Length356 pages
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