Diaspora: An Introduction (Paperback)

Diaspora: An Introduction

This introduction highlights key topics significant to contemporarydiscussions of diaspora and stressing the substantial impact thesemigratory shifts have on global capital. Offers a critical introduction to diaspora - the study ofdispersed ethnic populations - with specific focus on migratoryshifts post-1989 and post 9/11Examines the ways global capitalist shifts and the globalterrorism war impact diaspora movements since the mid-1990sIncludes discussion of globalization, the global terror war,and post-9/11 geopolitical and geo-economic shiftsEngages directly with the political and ideological formationsof the contemporary diaspora movementProvides comprehensive analysis of labour and economicmigration; the relationship of diaspora to gender and race; queerdiasporas; and diasporic 'acts of resistance'Theorizing Diaspora (2003), Braziel's groundbreakinganthology, offers complementary readings for this text