African Transnational Diasporas: Fractured Communities and Plural Identities of Zimbabweans in Britain

by D. Pasura

Overview

Pasura proposes a framework for understanding African diasporas as core, epistemic, dormant and silent diasporas. The book explores the origin, formation and performance of the Zimbabwean transnational diaspora in Britain and examines how the diaspora is constituted in the hostland and how it maintains connections with the homeland.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349459827
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2014
Series:	Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship
Edition description:	1st ed. 2014
Pages:	180
Product dimensions:	5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Dominic Pasura is Research Fellow in the Social Policy Research Centre, School of Law, Middlesex University, UK. His research interests include migration, transnationalism and diaspora studies, integration of migrants and refugees, religion in the New African diaspora and African studies.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. African Transnational Diasporas: Theoretical Perspectives 2. Vintages and Patterns of Migration 3. The Construction and Negotiation of Diasporic Identities 4. 'Do You Have a Visa?' Negotiating Respectable Masculinity in the Diaspora 5. The Diaspora and the Politics of Development 6. Religion in the Diaspora 7. Transnational Religious Ties and Integration: An Unhappy Couple? Conclusion