Cartographies of Diaspora: Contesting Identities / Edition 1

by Avtar Brah

Overview

By addressing questions of culture, identity and politics, Cartographies of Diaspora throws new light on discussions about ‘difference' and ‘diversity', informed by feminism and post-structuralism. It examines these themes by exploring the intersections of ‘race', gender, class, sexuality, ethnicity, generation and nationalism in different discourses, practices and political contexts.
The first three chapters map the emergence of ‘Asian' as a racialized category in post-war British popular and political discourse and state practices. It documents Asian cultural and political responses paying particular attention to the role of gender and generation. The remaining six chapters analyse the debate on ‘difference', ‘diversity' and ‘diaspora' across different sites, but mainly within feminism, anti-racism, and post-structuralism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415121255
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/26/1996
Series:	Gender, Racism, Ethnicity Series
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Avtar Brah teaches at Birkbeck College, University of London.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Situated Identities/Diasporic Transcription 1. Constructions of the ‘Asian' in post-war Britain: Culture, Politics and Identity in Pre-Thatcher Years 2. Unemployment, Gender and Racism 3. Gendered Space: Women of South Asian Descent in 1980s Britain 4. Questions of ‘Difference' and Global Feminisms 5. Difference, Diversity, Differentiation 6. ‘Race' and Culture in the Gendering of Labour Markets: South Asian Muslim Women and the Labour Market 7. Re-framing Europe: En-gendered Racisms, Ethnicities and Nationalisms in Contemporary Western Europe 8. Diaspora, Border, and Transnational Identities 9. Refiguring the ‘Multi': The Politics of Difference, Commonality, and Universalism

Editorial Reviews

..." suggests a powerful sociological imagination at work."
-"Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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