Shifting Transnational Bonding in Indian Diaspora

ISBN-13: 9780367514303 / Miękka / 2023 / 216 str.

Opis

This volume examines Indian diasporic communities in various countries including the UK, Trinidad, Portugal, Netherlands, and Fiji, among others, and presents new perspectives on the shifting nature of Indian transnationalism.

 

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Shifts in transnational bonding  Part 1 – Global and local encounters  2. Re-reading the Banyan Tree Analogy: Everyday Life and Identity of Indian Diaspora in Britain  3. Reconfiguring Identity in a Transnational World: Indo-Trinidadians and the Construction of Indianness  4. From Nationalism to Hindutva: Bollywood and the Makings of a Hindu Diasporic Woman  5. Understanding Diaspora and Economic Development: Challenges and Opportunities  Part 2 – Glocalisation  6. Indo-American Women Redefining Religious Practices in the Diaspora  7. Mother Mary in the Hindu Pantheon among Portuguese Gujarati Families  8. The Infrastructure of glocalization  Part 3 – Regional transnationalism  9. Baithak Gáná Ke Nác: A Case of Reverse Glocalisation  10. Fijian-Indian Diaspora: Emergence, Engagement and Identity in the Transnational World  11. Idea of Homeland/s: The Hadramis of Barkas in the Persian Gulf

O autorze

Ruben Gowricharn is Full Professor of Indian diaspora studies at the VU University in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He has published extensively on diasporas, democracy, and the integration of ethnic minorities. He is also the managing director of a doctoral program for adult migrant students in the Netherlands and Suriname.