Diaspora, Memory, and Identity

Published by University of Toronto Press 2005

Diaspora, Memory, and Identity

A Search for Home

Edited by: Vijay Agnew

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442673878

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About this book

Diaspora, Memory, and Identity is an exciting and innovative collection of essays that examines the nuanced development of theories of Diaspora, subjectivity, double-consciousness, gender and class experiences, and the nature of home.

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Agnew Vijay :

Vijay Agnew is a professor in the Division of Social Science at York University, and was the director of the Center for Feminist Research from 2001 to 2006.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Vijay Agnew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1: Diaspora and Memory
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	19
1. Language Matters Vijay Agnew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
2. Memories of Internment: Narrating Japanese-Canadian Women’s Life Stories Pamela Sugiman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	48
3. Wounding Events and the Limits of Autobiography Marlene Kadar Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	81
Part 2: History and Identity
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
4. Memoirs of a Sirdar’s Daughter in Canada: Hybridity and Writing Home Rishma Dunlop Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	115
5. Ghosts and Shadows: Memory and Resilience among the Eritrean Diaspora Atsuko Matsuoka and John Sorenson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	151
6. A Diasporic Bounty: Cultural History and Heritage Vijay Agnew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
Part 3: Community and Home
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
7. Diaspora and Cultural Memory Anh Hua Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	191
8. Gendered Nostalgia: The Experiences of New Chinese Skilled Immigrants in Canada Izumi Sakamoto and Yanqiu Rachel Zhou Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
9. ‘I Feel Like a Trini’: Narrative of a Generation-and-a-Half Canadian Carl E. James Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	230
10. The ‘Muslim’ Diaspora and Research on Gender: Promises and Perils Haideh Moghissi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	254
11. The Quest for the Soul in the Diaspora Vijay Agnew Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	268
AFTERWORD. Research Ethics: Philosophy’s Role in Interdisciplinary Research Susan E. Babbitt Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	305

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 260

eBook

Published: December 3, 2018
ISBN: 9781442673878