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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.



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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

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      Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
      Publication Date: 9/26/1996 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780415121262, 978-0415121262
      ISBN10: 0415121264
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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.



      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

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