Theoretical work in diaspora studies often concludes that nostalgia must be an idealizing, conservative form of memory so it has been marginalized within the field in favour of hybridity. But what radical possibilities might exist in the construction of coherent and fixed forms of diasporic identity? Homemaking: Radical Nostalgia and the Construction of a South Asian Diaspora examines diasporic life in south Asian communities in the US and the UK to map the ways in which members of these communities use nostalgia to construct distinctive identities. The book looks at literature, television...