Global diasporas: an introduction /
Robin Cohen
- 2nd ed.
- London: Routledge, 2008.
- xvi, 219 p.: ill.; 24 cm.
Previous ed.: London: UCL, 1997.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1 Four phases of diaspora studies The prototypical diaspora 2 The expanded concept of diaspora 4 Social constructionist critiques of diaspora 8 The consolidation phase 11 Conclusion: the tools to delineate a diaspora 15 Further reading 19 Questions to think about 19 2 Classical notions of diaspora: transcending the Jewish tradition ’Babylon’ as a site of oppression 22 ’Babylon’ as a site of creativity 23 The Jewish diaspora and Christianity 24 The Jewish diaspora and Islam 21 Ashkenazifates 30 Conclusion 34 Further reading 36 Questions to think about 36 3 Victim diasporas: Africans and Armenians Origins of the African diaspora 40 The African diaspora: homeland and return 43 Other aspects of the African diaspora 46 Jlie creation of the Armenian diaspora 48 After the massacres: Armenians at home and abroad 51 Soviet Armenia and after 56 Conclusion 57 Further reading 58 Questions to think about 59 4 Labour and imperial diasporas: indentured Indians and the British A new system of slavery? 62 The songs of Ramayana and political outcomes 65 Imperial diasporas 68 The settlement of the British Empire 69 The end of the dominion diaspora 74 Conclusion 77 Further reading 80 Questions to think about 80 5 Trade and business diasporas: Chinese and Lebanese The making of the Chinese diaspora 84 The Chinese as minorities 88 The great Lebanese emigration 91 The Lebanese diaspora: butterflies and caterpillars 94 Conclusion: ethnic entrepreneurs and trade diasporas 97 Further reading 99 Questions to think about 99 6 Diasporas and their homelands: Zionists and Sikhs Birth traumas: can Israel be a ’normal’ state? 104 brael and the diaspora 106 The origins of the Sikh diaspora 112 Sikhs: the lure of homeland 114 Conclusion 119 Further reading 120 Questions to think about 121 7 Deterritorialized diasporas: the black Atlantic and the lure of Bombay The Caribbean: migration and diaspora 124 African-Caribbeans in the USA 126 African-Caribbeans in the UK 127 Caribbean peoples in the Netherlands and France 128 The black Atlantic thesis 130 Sindhis and Parsis in Bombay 135 Conclusion 137 Further reading 138 Questions to think about 139 8 Mobilizing diasporas in a global age Diasporas in a globalized economy 142 New forms of international migration 144 Cosmopolitanism, global cities and the bridging role of diasporas 146 Religion and diasporas 150 Conclusion 154 Further reading 156 Questions to thiitk about 156 9 Studying diasporas: old methods and new topics Flow and why do typologies work? 160 Comparing diasporas: Wittgenstein’s rope 161 Diasporas as agents of development 168 The role of diasporas in international politics 169 Negative reactions to the growth of diasporas 170 Final remarks 172 A literature guide 174 Questions to think about 177