
Routledge Handbook on Middle Eastern Diasporas
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Routledge Handbook on Middle Eastern Diasporas
About this book
Bringing together different strands of research on Middle Eastern diasporas, the Routledge Handbook on Middle Eastern Diasporas sheds light on diverse approaches to investigating diaspora groups in different national contexts.
Asking how diasporans forge connections and means of belonging, the analyses provided turn the reader's gaze to the multiple forms of belonging to both peoples and places. Rather than seeing diasporans as marginalised groups of people longing to return to a homeland, analyses in this volume demonstrate that Middle East diasporans, like other diasporas and citizens alike, are people who respond to major social change and transformations. Those we count as Middle Eastern diasporans, both in the region and beyond, contribute to transnational social spaces, and new forms of cultural expressions. Chapters included cover how diasporas have been formed, the ways that diasporans make and remake homes, the expressive terrains where diasporas are contested, how class, livelihoods and mobility inflect diasporic practices, the emergence of diasporic sensibilities and, finally, scholarship that draws our attention to the plurilocality of Middle Eastern diasporas.
Offering a rich compilation of case studies, this book will appeal to students of Middle Eastern Studies, International Relations, and Sociology, as well as being of interest to policymakers, government departments, and NGOs.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Endorsements Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of figures
- Notes on contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Coming to and coming from the Middle East: The unfolding of diaspora
- Part I Forming diasporas
- Part II Making and remaking homes
- Part III Expressive terrains of contestation
- Part IV Class, livelihood and mobility
- Part V Diasporic sensibilities
- Part VI Plurilocal diasporas, rethinking mahjar
- Index