Diaspora

An Introduction
International migrants - uprooted from family, friends, and nation-state, and scattered across the globe - form vibrant diasporic communities. Whether through economic migration, political asylum, or corporate mobility, this type of wide scale dispersion of populations brings with it a myriad of important issues.
This introduction highlights key topics significant to contemporary discussions of diaspora and stressing the substantial impact these migratory shifts have on global capital.

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• Offers a critical introduction to diaspora - the study of dispersed ethnic populations - with specific focus on migratory shifts post-1989 and post 9/11
  
• Examines the ways global capitalist shifts and the global terrorism war impact diaspora movements since the mid-1990s
  
• Includes discussion of globalization, the global terror war, and post-9/11 geopolitical and geo-economic shifts
  
• Engages directly with the political and ideological formations of the contemporary diaspora movement
  
• Provides comprehensive analysis of labour and economic migration; the relationship of diaspora to gender and race; queer diasporas; and diasporic 'acts of resistance'
  
• Theorizing Diaspora (2003), Braziel's groundbreaking anthology, offers complementary readings for this text