Theorizing Diaspora: A Reader

Bringing together the key essays that have constituted this field since its inception and that point the way toward its future, Theorizing Diaspora is a central resource for understanding diaspora as an emergent and contested theoretical space.

• Anthologizes the most influential and critically received essays that have shaped the trajectory of diaspora studies.
• Offers classic statements that have defined the field by scholars including Appadurai, Gilroy, Radhakrishnan, and Hall.
• Presents divergent strains of multiple diasporas, including Chinese, Black African, Jewish, South Asian, Latin American, and Caribbean.
• Reflects the modalities and methodologies of scholars across the humanities and social sciences.
• Includes a postscript on diaspora in cyberspace and an extensive bibliography.