Community, Empire and Migration: South Asians in Diaspora

by Crispin Bates

Overview

South Asians in Diaspora is a collection of essays concerning the history, politics, and anthropology of migration in India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, as well as in the numerous overseas locations, such as Fiji, Africa, the Caribbean and USA, where South Asians migrated in the colonial period and after. It addresses the connections between migration, problems of identity and ethnic conflict from a comparative perspective, and highlights the role of shared colonial experiences in providing 'communal' solidarities and discord.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333800461
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	11/24/2000
Edition description:	2000
Pages:	319
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

CRISPIN BATES is Senior Lecturer in South Asian History at the Department of History, University of Edinburgh. His publications include Subalterns and the Raj: A History of Modern India.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures List of Maps Preface Notes on the Contributors Introduction: Community and Identity Among South Asians in Diaspora; C.Bates 'They Cannot Represent Themselves': Threats to Difference and So-Called Community Politics in Fiji from 1936-47; J.D.Kelly Nested Identities: Ethnicity, Community and the Nature of Group Conflict in Mauritius; A.Nave The Development of Communalism among East African Asians; M.Twaddle Imagining? Ethnic Identity and Indians in South Africa; R.K.Thiara Migration, Migrant Communities and Otherness in Twentieth Century Sinhala Nationalism in Sri Lanka (up to Independence); N.Wickramasinghe Sojourners and Settlers: South Indians and Communal Identity in Malaysia; A.Kaur Communitarian Identities and the Private Sphere: A Gender Dialogue amongst Indo-Trinidadians (1845-1917); S.Chatterjee Hyderabadis in Pakistan: Changing Nations; K.Leonard Mohajirs in Pakistan: A Case of Nativisation of Migrants; M.Waseem Bridging the Gulf: Migration, Modernity and Identity among Muslims in Mumbai; T.B.Hansen Relationships between Muslims and Hindus in the United States: Mlecchas vs Kafirs?; A.T.Mohammad Index

Editorial Reviews

A dozen papers from a summer 1997 conference in Edinburgh explore the history, politics, and anthropology of migration in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and a myriad of other locations around the world where south Asians migrated during the colonial period. Many of the contributors are from the region but now working in Europe or the US. The topics include the development of communalism among East African Asians, South Indians and communal identity in Malaysia, and relationships between Muslims and Hindus in the US. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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