| Description |
xx, 332 pages ; 23 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Australia-India interdisciplinary research series ; 1 |
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Australia-India interdisciplinary research series ; 1
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| Contents |
1: Introduction: A brief history of South Asian diaspora in Australia / Amit Sarwal -- 2: The (silent) voices of the Indian coolies: early Indian workers in the Australian colonies / Marie de Lepervanche -- 3: Impossible threshold? refugees, diaspora and the frontiers of citizenship: narrating asylum seeker stories / Suvendrini Perera -- 4: Complexity and diversity: Indian diaspora in a multicultural Australia / Renu Sharma -- 5: Curry bashing: racism, violence and alien space invaders / Michiel Baas -- 6: Reinventing the media sphere: Fiji Indian voices Down Under / Asha Chand -- 7: Second generation Tamils and cross-cultural marriage: managing the translocal village in a moment of cultural rupture / Amanda Wise and Selvaraj Velayutham -- 8: Life of the past: Indian Bengali diaspora and politics of nostalgia / Manas Ray -- 9: Negotiating culture and experiences: a case study of "Bengali" migrants / Nirupoma Rahman -- 10: "another world, another future": narratives of South Asian diaspora in Australia / Amit Sarwal -- 11: Transformed in Australia: The Govinnage remake / Gabriella T. Espak and Judit Polgari -- 12: Australian sunlight, Indian shadows: the time of the peacock / Malati Mathur |
| Summary |
The volume focuses on the South Asian diaspora in Australia, bringing out the significant impact of the diaspora on Australia's multicultural landscape and in furthering South Asian-Australian engagement. It shows the South Asian diaspora to be a dynamic community in transit, highlighting the achievements of the diaspora during the last decade. It discusses the complex and diverse aspects of the Indian diaspora there, as it comprises a variety of people: from colonial indentured workers to political asylum seekers and those in transnational marriages with students and high-end professionals. With case studies as of Bengali migrants there and their politics of nostalgia, it views the way the migrants negotiate culture and experiences. It comments on the problems of refugees and their experience of citizenship, narrating stories of asylum seekers --Publisher |
| Notes |
Contributed articles |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
East Indians -- Australia -- Economic conditions.
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East Indians -- Australia -- Social conditions.
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East Indians -- Australia -- Social life and customs.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Emigration and immigration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007504
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India -- Emigration and immigration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115423
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| Author |
Sarwal, Amit.
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| LC no. |
2013315560 |
| ISBN |
9350182793 |
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9789350182796 |
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