African Transnational Diasporas [electronic resource] : Fractured Communities and Plural Identities of Zimbabweans in Britain /
Pasura, D.author.
Pasura proposes a framework for understanding African diasporas as core, epistemic, dormant and silent diasporas. The book explores the origin, formation and performance of the Zimbabwean transnational diaspora in Britain and examines how the diaspora is constituted in the hostland and how it maintains connections with the homeland.
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Introduction""; ""1 African Transnational Diasporas: Theoretical Perspectives""; ""2 Vintages and Patterns of Migration""; ""3 The Construction and Negotiation of Diasporic Identities""; ""4 'Do You Have a Visa?' Negotiating Respectable Masculinity in the Diaspora""; ""5 The Diaspora and the Politics of Development""; ""6 Religion in the Diaspora""; ""7 Transnational Religious Ties and Integration: An Unhappy Couple?""; ""Conclusion""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Pasura proposes a framework for understanding African diasporas as core, epistemic, dormant and silent diasporas. The book explores the origin, formation and performance of the Zimbabwean transnational diaspora in Britain and examines how the diaspora is constituted in the hostland and how it maintains connections with the homeland.
Emigration and immigration.
Social policy.
Economic development.
Ethnicity.
Sociology.
Globalization.
Migration.
Social Policy.
Development Studies.
Ethnicity Studies.
Sociology, general.
Globalization.