Nation and Migration: The Politics of Space in the South Asian Diaspora
ISBN: 9781512807837
Platform/Publisher: JSTOR / University of Pennsylvania Press
Digital rights: Users: unlimited; Printing: chapter; Download: chapter
Subjects: South Asians -- Foreign countries; South Asia -- Emigration and immigration; South Asia -- Politics and government;

Peter van der Veer and the contributors to this volume explore the relationship between South Asian nationalism, migration, ethnicity, and the construction of religious identity. Although nationality and diaspora seem to represent opposite ideas and values, the authors argue that nationalism is strengthened, even produced, by migration.


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