Diaspora Studies

Migration, Family and the Welfare State explores understandings and practices of integration in the Scandinavian welfare societies of Denmark, Norway and Sweden through a comprehensive range of detailed ethnographic studies. It was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and..

This book identifies and examines new forms and paths of Chinese migration since the 1980s. It provides updated trends and patterns of new migration movements of the Chinese, including their emergent geographies. With chapters highlighting the diversities and complexities of these new waves of Chine..

This volume examines the historical and contemporary identities and cultural practices in Afro-Latino communities in the Caribbean and South America, and reflects on these themes in relation to the larger debates about the Africa Diaspora in the Americas. It was originally published as a special iss..

This book describes, analyses and interprets more than thirty years of long-distance politics exercised by the Acehnese diaspora and the diasporans attempts to influence Aceh’s homeland developments in the lead-up to, during and after the internal conflict that afflicted the region between 1976 and ..

This book describes, analyses and interprets more than thirty years of long-distance politics exercised by the Acehnese diaspora and the diasporans attempts to influence Aceh’s homeland developments in the lead-up to, during and after the internal conflict that afflicted the region between 1976 and ..

Over three decades have passed since the first wave of Indochinese refugees left their homelands in search of a better life elsewhere. By investigating the Vietnamese diaspora in Asia, and in particular in Hong Kong, this book sheds new light on refugee settlement and different patterns of host-gues..

Over three decades have passed since the first wave of Indochinese refugees left their homelands in search of a better life elsewhere. By investigating the Vietnamese diaspora in Asia, and in particular in Hong Kong, this book sheds new light on refugee settlement and different patterns of host-gues..

The Creolization Reader illuminates old creole societies and emerging cultures and identities in many parts of the world. Areas covered include Latin America, the South Atlantic/Indian oceans, the Caribbean, West and East Africa, the Pacific and the US. The book is truly inter-disciplinary and provi..

The Creolization Reader illuminates old creole societies and emerging cultures and identities in many parts of the world. Areas covered include Latin America, the South Atlantic/Indian oceans, the Caribbean, West and East Africa, the Pacific and the US. The book is truly inter-disciplinary and provi..

The Horn of Africa is one of the most dynamic and politically turbulent sub-regions on the African continent. Host to great ancient civilizations, diverse peoples, and expansive states, it has experienced massive social, economic, and political transformation. This volume consists of chapters by exp..

The markers of identity that define human groups are often overt – language, material culture, patterns of behaviour – and carefully nurtured between generations, but at other times they can be invisible, intangible, or unconscious. Such markers of identity also travel, and can be curated, distilled..

This book examines some of the complex dynamic forces that have shaped, and continue to shape the new African diaspora in the United States. The eleven original essays in the volume explore pertinent themes such as immigration, integration dilemmas, identity construction, brain drain, remittances, e..