Buch, Englisch, 540 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 739 g
Religion, Culture, and Community in a New and Old Diaspora
Buch, Englisch, 540 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 150 mm x 224 mm, Gewicht: 739 g
ISBN: 978-0-19-948192-7
Verlag: Hurst & Co.
Migration has always been a feature of Nepali society. Waves of Khas, Brahmans, and associated service castes were already moving south and east through the Himalayan foothills a millennium ago. As the population expanded, Nepalis from all backgrounds have continually moved onwards in search of new farmland and new opportunities, often encouraged to do so by local communities, local headmen, and the state. In the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries, that process continued eastwards from present-day Nepal into the north-east of India and beyond. Over the last thirty years international labour migration, as well as migration consequent on tertiary education, has radically changed the patterns of settlement of Nepalis outside their homeland. The present volume covers the many different contexts-from the USA to the Gulf, from India to Burma and Singapore-where large numbers of Nepalis are settled or working long-term. Taken together, and organized by region of settlement, the contributions in this book provide a comprehensive overview of Nepali diaspora populations around the world in their contemporary contexts. The common theme binding this volume is the exploration of the process of 'ethnogenesis' or the emergence of strong ethnic identities in which the contributors analyse how such identities strengthen more easily in the diaspora with a large population, than in the homeland.
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Fachgebiete
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
- Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
Weitere Infos & Material
- Preface
- List of Tables and Figures
- List of Plates
- 1. Introduction: The Nepali/Gorkhali Diaspora since the Nineteenth Century
- THE OLD DIASPORA: SOUTH ASIA, SOUTHEAST ASIA, AND BEYOND
- 2. Marginal Migrants? Migrant Associations and the Lived Experience of Nepali Migrant Workers in India
- 3. Identifications, State Categorizations, and Religious Changes among Sikkimese Gurungs
- 4. The Religious Life of the Gorkhalis of Myanmar
- 5. Creating Nepali Ethnoscapes in Thailand
- 6. Fiji Nepalis: Reviving Connections Lost for Over a Century
- THE NEW DIASPORA 1: TRANSNATIONAL URBAN MIGRANTS IN SINGAPORE, THE GULF, AND THE USA
- 7. Belonging and Not-Belonging: Experiences of Nepali Gurkha Families on Returning from Singapore
- 8. Popular Music among Nepalis in Bahrain: Nightclubs, Media, Performance, and Publics
- 9. 'No One Wants to go Abroad; It's all about Obligation': What Migration Means to Nepali Migrant Workers in Qatar
- 10. Transnational Politics in Nepali Organizations in New York
- 11. Imagined Secularisms: Perspectives from the Nepali Diaspora
- 12. The Khora of Migration: Everyday Practices of (Well) Being and Belonging between Mustang, Nepal, and New York City
- THE NEW DIASPORA 2: ETHNICITY, CASTE, AND RELIGION IN THE UK
- 13. Counting Ourselves: CNSUK's 2008 Survey of Nepalis in the UK
- 14. Invention and Tradition: Limbu Adaptations of Religion in the Diaspora
- 15. Death and Society: The Performance of Gurung Death Rites in the UK
- 16. The Migration of Nepali Nurses to the UK: Transnational Family Ties, Social Ritual, and the Role of Internet Technology
- 17. Caste Discrimination Overseas: Nepali Dalits in England
- UNITING THE DIASPORA AND HAVING AN IMPACT IN THE HOMELAND
- 18. The NRN (Non-Resident Nepali) Movement
- 19. Tamang Gendered Subjectivities in a Migrating World
- 20. Afterword: Rethinking Diaspora Consciousness
- Index
- About the Editors and Contributors
