Showing papers in "Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies in 1991"
TL;DR: In most scholarly discussions of ethnic communities, immigrants, and aliens, and in most treatments of relationships between minorities and majorities, little if any attention has been devoted to d... as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: In most scholarly discussions of ethnic communities, immigrants, and aliens, and in most treatments of relationships between minorities and majorities, little if any attention has been devoted to d...
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TL;DR: To come under colonial occupation is to live in a state of constant displacement as discussed by the authors, under siege from the economic, military, and cultural forces of the metropole, a colonized people finds itself cons...
Abstract: To come under colonial occupation is to live in a state of constant displacement. Under siege from the economic, military, and cultural forces of the metropole, a colonized people finds itself cons...
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TL;DR: This examination of the contemporary influence of the Irish diaspora in the United States will not be a portrait of Irish-American community; by its nature, a portrait would be static as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: This examination of the contemporary influence of the Irish diaspora in the United States will not be a portrait of the Irish-American community; by its nature, a portrait would be static. Instead,...
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TL;DR: This paper analyzed and separated the concepts of culture and ethnicity, discussing the politics of identity and relations of power in cultural processes and forms of representation, and some aspects of music and dance are considered, including the diasporic identification suggested in Paul Gilroy's studies of black music and ele ments of Greek dance, in Greece and Australia.
Abstract: This paper analyses and separates the concepts of culture and ethnicity, discussing the politics of identity and relations of power in cultural processes and forms of representation. In the light of this discussion, some aspects of music and dance are considered, including the diasporic identification suggested in Paul Gilroy's studies of black music and ele ments of Greek dance, in Greece and Australia. The empha sis here is on a logic of practice that can move beyond both essentialisms and celebratory pluralisms.
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TL;DR: Salman Rushdie wrote these words in 1982, and the defensive tone makes clear that his position as an “Indian” writer was less than secure long before the “Rushdie Affair” and the infamous fatwa as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: Salman Rushdie wrote these words in 1982, and the defensive tone makes clear that his position as an “Indian” writer was less than secure long before the “Rushdie Affair” and the infamous fatwa com...
TL;DR: In the metropolitan context, South African theater has largely been promoted and received as dramatic testimony to the anti-apartheid struggle as discussed by the authors, and has been performed under particular local conditions.
Abstract: In the metropolitan context, South African theater has largely been promoted and received as dramatic testimony to the antiapartheid struggle. Created and performed under particular local condition...
TL;DR: Salonika, Greece's second largest city, does not often attract the world's attention as discussed by the authors, and neither its scenic setting at the head of a natural bay across which, on clear days, one can discern the outlin...
Abstract: Salonika, Greece’s second-largest city, does not often attract the world’s attention. Neither its scenic setting at the head of a natural bay across which, on clear days, one can discern the outlin...