Superdiverse Diaspora
Everyday Identifications of Tamil Migrants in Britain
Authors: Jones, Demelza
Free Preview- Speaks to scholars within the growing international and inter-disciplinary field of superdiversity studies by applying of the concept of superdiversity to an ascribed ‘diaspora’ population
- Examines the experiences of Tamils from a diversity of backgrounds including South Indian, Malaysian, Singaporean, Mauritian and South African, in addition to Sri Lankan
- Contributes to the ongoing critical debate on the nature of diaspora
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- About this book
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Drawing on in-depth qualitative research, this book provides a nuanced picture of the everyday identifications experienced and expressed among the superdiverse Tamil migrant population in Britain. It presents the first detailed analysis of the narrative and experiences of Tamils from a diversity of backgrounds – including Sri Lankan, Indian, Singaporean and Malaysian – and addresses the question of their identification with a ‘Tamil diaspora’ in Britain.
Theoretically informed by Brubaker’s conception of ‘diaspora as process’ and Werbner’s notion of diasporas as both ‘aesthetic’ and ‘moral’ communities, Jones examines political engagements alongside other, less studied, ‘frames’ of Tamil migrants’ lives: social relationships (local and transnational), the domestic space of home, and performances of faith and ritual. Considering diaspora as a process or practice allows the author to reveal a complex landscape upon which ‘being Tamil’ and ‘doing Tamil-ness’ in diaspora are diversely enacted.
Combining original ethnographic research with a theoretical engagement in the key debates in migration, diaspora, ethnicity and superdiversity studies, this book makes a novel contribution to scholarship on Tamil populations and will advance critical understandings of the concept of ‘diaspora’ more generally.
- About the authors
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Demelza Jones is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Gloucestershire, UK.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction
Pages 1-23
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Researching a Superdiverse ‘Diaspora’
Pages 25-50
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The Making of a Superdiverse ‘Diaspora’
Pages 51-71
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The Transnational Political Field
Pages 73-105
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Social Relationships
Pages 107-137
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Superdiverse Diaspora
- Book Subtitle
- Everyday Identifications of Tamil Migrants in Britain
- Authors
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- Demelza Jones
- Series Title
- Global Diversities
- Copyright
- 2020
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-030-28388-9
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-030-28388-9
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-28387-2
- Series ISSN
- 2662-2580
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIII, 255
- Number of Illustrations
- 11 illustrations in colour
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