Nation and migration : the politics of space in the South Asian diaspora / edited by Peter van der Veer.
By: Veer, Peter van der
Language: English Publisher: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995.Description: vii, 256p. : ill. ; 23cm.ISBN: 0812215370| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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British Museum | Royal Anthropological Institute | Open Shelves | KTV [VEE-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Claims Returned Checked out | 04/11/2002 | L65554 |
Includes bibl. references.
Contents: Introduction: the diasporic imagination / P. van der Veer; A Sikh diaspora? / V.A. Dusenbury; Bhakti and postcolonial politics: Hindu missions to Fiji / John D. Kelly; Projecting identities: empire and indentured labor migration from India to Trinidad and British Guiana / M. Kale; Homeland, motherland: authenticity, legitimacy and ideologies of place among Muslims in Trinidad / Aisha Khan; Hindus in Trinidad and Britain / S. Vertovec; New York City's Muslim world day parade / S. Slyomovics; Indian immigrants in Queens, New York City / M.S. Khandelwal; Gendering diaspora: space, politics and South Asian masculinities in Britain / S. Westwood; New cultural forms and transnational South Asian women / P. Bhachu.