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Jayaram N

Diversisites in the Indian diaspora : Nature, implications, responses - new Oxford University Press 2011 - 147p xvii

Table of Contents:
List of Tables and Figures;
Foreword by Peter Ronald deSouza;
iPreface;
List of Abbreviations;
1. Introduction: Understanding Diversities in the Indian Diaspora, N. Jayaram;
PART I: DIASPORA FROM AN INDIAN STATE: PUNJAB;
2. Diversity within the Punjabi Diaspora and the Construction of Nationhood, Paramjit S. Judge;
3. From Product to Process: Sikhs in Southeast Asia, Ravindra K. Jain;
PART II: DIVERSITY IN THE DIASPORA LOCALE;
4. Integration, Assimilation, or Multiple Identities: The Case of the Malaysian Indian Diaspora, T. Marimuthu;
5. State Policies and the Indian Diaspora in Malaysia, Amit Kumar Mishra;
6. India-in-Diaspora: A Mauritian Perspective,Vinesh Y. Hookoomsing;
7. Locality and Identity in the Indian Diaspora: Reinvention of Regional/Linguistic Diversities in Mauritius, Chandrashekhar Bhat and T.L.S. Bhaskar;
8. The Indian Communities in Overseas Territories of France: Problems of Identity and Culture, J.C. Sharma;
PART III: CASE STUDIES OF DIASPORIC COMMUNITIES;
9. Identity, Ethnicity, and Marginalization: The Cochini Jews in Israel, Ginu Zacharia Oommen;
10. Exploring the Global Jain Diaspora, Prakash C. Jain;
11. Diaspora: A Mirror to Indian Diversity? Caste, Brahmanism, and the New Diaspora, Kamala Ganesh;
PART IV: GENDER AND IDENTITY IN THE DIASPORA;
12. Understanding Gender Diversities in the Indian Diaspora, Aparna Rayaprol;
13. Identity Construction in the Diaspora, Vijay Agnew;
PART V: INDIA AND THE INDIAN DIASPORA;
14. Heterogeneous Diaspora and Asymmetrical Orientations: India, Indians, and the Indian Diaspora, N. Jayaram;
Notes on Contributors.

ISBN: 9780198071464

Subjects--Topical Terms:
1. Indian Diaspora - Report 2. Globalization - Economic Aspects - India

Dewey Class. No.: 306 JAY