People’s transnational mobilities, their activities to build homes in their countries of residence and their connectivities have resulted in multiplicities of belonging to encountered, imagined and represented communities operating within various political contexts. Migrants and their descendants labor to form and transform relations with their country of origin and of residence. People who see their origins in India but are now living elsewhere are a case in point. They have been establishing worldwide home places, whose growing number and vibrancy invite reconsideration of Indian diasporic communities and contexts in terms of ‘India(s) beyond India.’ Issues of belonging in Indian diasporas include questions of membership not only in the nation of previous and present residence and/or the nation of origin, but also in other communities and networks in political, economic, religious and social realms at local, regional or global levels. Yet, belonging – and especially simultaneous belonging – to various formations is rarely unambiguous. Rather, belonging in all its modes may entail dilemmas that arise from inclusions and exclusions. Bearing in mind such processes, the contributions to this volume endeavor to provide answers to the question of what kinds of difficulties members of Indian communities abroad encounter in connection with their identifications with and participation in specific collectivities. The underlying argument of all the essays collected is that members of Indian diasporas develop strategies to cope with the dilemmas they face in connection with their sense of belonging to particular communities, while they are subjected to specific power relationships. Thus, the volume sheds light on the ways in which dilemmas of belonging are being negotiated in intercultural fields.
Publikationstyp: Sammelband
Sparte: Universitätsverlag
Sprache: Englisch
Beiträge
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1. Introduction: Dilemmas of Belonging in Indian Diasporas (Seiten 11-24)
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2. Indian Diaspora and Global Organizations: Communities and Contested Boundaries (Seiten 27-48)
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3. Navigating Belonging in a Mobile World: Young Indian Students and Researchers in Germany (Seiten 49-63)
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4. Anxieties of Belonging: East Indians and the Cultural Politics of the Nation in Trinidad (Seiten 67-82)
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5. Dilemmas of Belonging in Fiji, Part I: Constitutions, Coups, and Indo-Fijian Citizenship (Seiten 83-98)
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6. Dilemmas of Belonging in Fiji, Part II: Shanti, Swaraj, and the Problem of Political Armies (Seiten 99-130)
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7. Guests without a Host: The Indian Diaspora(s) in Mauritius (Seiten 131-149)
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8. India Beyond India: The Indian Diaspora in East Africa (Seiten 151-172)
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9. Domestic Violence and the Implications of Belonging: Experiences of Indian Immigrant Women in North America (Seiten 175-193)
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10. The Call of Home and Violence of Belonging: Diasporic Hinduism and Tamils in Exile (Seiten 195-210)