Routledge Handbook of the Indian Diaspora

ISBN-13: 9780367581091 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 414 str.

Radha Hegde; Ajaya Sahoo

Opis

This book introduces readers to the contexts and histories that constitute the Indian diaspora. It brings together scholars from different parts of the globe, representing various disciplines, and covers extensive spatial and temporal terrain. Contributors draw from a variety of archives in order to map the narratives of the Indian diaspora.

Spis treści

Introduction, Radha S. Hegde and Ajaya K. Sahoo

          Part I: Histories and trajectories

1. Indian servitude in the British empire, Vinay Lal








2. Race, ethnicity and conflict in the Indian diaspora, Brij Maharaj











3. Writing indenture history through testimonios and oral narratives, Vijay Mishra
   



4. Coolitude meets indianité: Postcolonial kala pani writings in French, Brinda J. Mehta








5. Out of India: East Africa and its South Asian diasporas, Sana Aiyar







Part II: Diaspora and infrastructures









6. Labour policy and global Indian diaspora, SaunJuhi Verma








7. Paradigms, policies, and patterns of Indian diaspora investments, Daniel Naujoks











8. Transnational diaspora organizations and India’s development, Rina Agarwala











9. Money flows, gender and family among Indian migrants to Australia, Supriya Singh




Part III: Cultural dynamics









10. Programming Bollywood: media and the Indian-American diaspora, 1965-2010, Aswin Punathambekar











11. Migratory South Asian performances: between nationalism and assimilation, Priya Srinivasan








12. Musical performances in the Indian diaspora, Tina K. Ramnarine











13. Transnational Bollywood assemblages in Singapore, Anjali Gera Roy











14. Diasporic visual vultures of Indian fashion and beauty, Vanita Reddy
    
    Part IV: Representation and identity　








15. Poetic politics: from Ghadar to the Indian Workers’ Association, Virinder S. Kalra











16. South Asian women and work in the diaspora, Tania Das Gupta








17. Of intersecting oppressions: domestic violence and the Indian diaspora, Rupaleem Bhuyan and Susan Ramsundarsingh











18. Celebrating Indian culture: festival spaces and entangled lives in Darwin, North Australia, Michele Lobo











19. Softening India abroad: representations of India and its diaspora in the Canadian Press, Huzan Dordi and Margaret Walton-Roberts







Part V: Politics of belonging












20. Renewing diasporic bonds and the global branding of India, Radha S. Hegde











21. Performing Indian American ethnicity in mainstream America, Bandana Purkayastha, Shweta Majumdar Adur and Koyel Khan











22. Home, belonging and the city in the Anglo-Indian diaspora, Jayani Bonnerjee











23. Memories and apprehensions: temporalities of queer South Asian belonging and activism in the diaspora, Shweta Majumdar Adur




Part VI: Networked subjectivities and transnationalism









24. Indians in Australia: understanding the changing face of a community, Michiel Baas











25. Networks, caste, and transnational identities, Goolam Vahed








26. Geographies of Indian transnationalism, Carmen Voigt-Graf

O autorze

Radha Sarma Hegde is Professor of Media, Culture and Communication at New York University, U.S. Her research interests focus on issues of migration, transnational feminism, globalization and media. She is the author of Mediating Migration (2016), and currently co-editor of the journal Feminist Media Studies.

Ajaya Kumar Sahoo is Assistant Professor at the Centre for the Study of Indian Diaspora, University of Hyderabad, India. His research interests include Indian diaspora and transnationalism. His recent co-edited books include Indian Transnationalism Online (2014) and Transnational Migrations (2009). He is the editor of the journal South Asian Diaspora.