Nepali Diaspora in a Globalised Era

ISBN-13: 9780815392958 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 306 str.

Tanka B. Subba; A. C. Sinha

Opis

This is one of the first books to explore Nepali diaspora in a global context. The articles cover South Asia, South-east Asia, Europe and discuss the social, political and economic status and aspirations of the Nepali community across the world.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Diasporic Junctions: An Eternal Journey of Mankind  2. Changing Paradigms of Nepalese Migration and Emerging Diaspora  3. Hami Nepali? Belonging in Nepal and Nepali Diaspora Ulrike Müller-Böker 4. Competing Perspectives on the Gurkhas and Identity Politics in Nepal  5. Mythical Entrapment of the Self and the Notion of Nepali Diaspora 6. The Indian Gorkhas: Changing Orientations of a Diasporic Society  7. Diasporic Imaginations of Darjeeling: Gorkhaland as an Imaginative Geography  8. Writing from the Edges to the Centre: Theorizing the Fragmented Identity of Indian Nepalis  9. The Inheritance of Loss and the Portrayal of Indian Nepalis  10. The Making of Gurung Cultural Identifications in Sikkim  11. Ties to Nepal and Diasporic Consciousness of Indians of Nepali Origin: Examples from Assam  12. Between Two Worlds: A Re-reading of Brahmaputraka Cheuchao  13. Gurkha Displacement from Burma in 1942: A Historical Perspective  14. The Nepalis of Manipur in the Perspective of ‘Cultural Collective’ 15. Evicted from Home, Nowhere to Go: The Case of Lhotshampas from Bhutan  16. Lhotshampa Refugees and Nepali Diaspora  17. Riots, ‘Residence’ and Repatriation: The Singapore Gurkhas   18. Dreams of Sacrifice: Changing Ritual Practices among the Ex-Gurkha Immigrants in the UK