Nation, Diaspora, Trans-nation - by Ravindra K Jain
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Highlights
- In the present conjuncture of globalization, the prospect of 'post nation' and patriotism's obsolescence in a transnational world is being debated.
- About the Author: R. K. Jain is Visiting Professor, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.
- 170 Pages
- Social Science, Anthropology
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About the Book
In the present conjuncture of globalization, the prospect of 'post nation' and patriotism's obsolescence in a transnational world is being debated. This ethnographically rich and discursively sharp study articulates the contribution that diaspora studies can make to this debate.
Book Synopsis
In the present conjuncture of globalization, the prospect of 'post nation' and patriotism's obsolescence in a transnational world is being debated. This ethnographically rich and discursively sharp study articulates the contribution that diaspora studies can make to this debate.
Review Quotes
"Ravindra K. Jain's book offers sharp and wide-ranging reflections lifting off from his 45 years of ethnographic fieldwork on the "old" diaspora, constituted by nineteenth-century labour migration to the plantation economies of Trinidad and Tobago, Mauritius, Malaysia, Singapore, Fiji and South Africa." - Kaveri Qureshi, Pacific Affairs: Volume 85, No. 1 - March 2012
About the Author
R. K. Jain is Visiting Professor, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia.