New Perspectives on the Indian Diaspora

ISBN-13: 9780367147921 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 190 str.

Ruben Gowricharn

Opis

This book critically examines new perspectives on the transformations in Indian diaspora. It studies the changing perspectives on the historical background of the Indian diaspora and analyses fresh and emerging views in response to new configurations in diaspora relations.

Spis treści

1. Introduction: New Forces, New Perspectives in the Indian diaspora Part 1: Historical Perspectives 2. Indian and Chinese Global Networks 3. The Ending of Indian Indentured Emigration. The Road to 2017 4. Towards theorising the Girmitiya Diaspora: Beyond ‘Persistence’ and ‘Change’ Part 2: Emerging perspectives 5. Hindu Nationalism and Indian American Diasporic Mobilizations 6. Interrogating a ‘Diasporic’ Lens: Narrating Singapore’s Indian Communities 7. Indians in Africa: Roots, Recognition and Racial Nationalism 8. Changing Dynamics of Indian Diaspora in the Gulf Region Part 3: Global Forces 9. Indian Diaspora Economics: The Entanglement of Economics with Culture 10. Hindutva in Western Societies: Entanglements and Paradoxes