Full Description
This innovative study engages critically with existing conceptualisations of diaspora, arguing that if diaspora is to have analytical purchase, it should illuminate a specific angle of migration or migrancy. To reveal the much-needed transformative potential of the concept, the book looks specifically at how diasporas undertake translation and decolonisation. It offers various conceptual tools for investigating diaspora, with a specific focus on diasporas in the Global North and a detailed empirical study of the Kurdish diaspora in Europe. The book also considers the backlash diasporas of colour have faced in the Global North.
Contents
Introduction
1 Theories of diaspora and their limitations
2 Diaspora as translation
3 Diaspora as decolonisation: 'making a fuss' in diaspora and in the homeland
4 Translations and decolonisations of the Kurdish diaspora
5 Backlash to diaspora in the Global North
Conclusion
Index
