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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Rajesh Rai (National University of Singapore) , Chitra Sankaran (National University of Singapore)Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd Imprint: Routledge Weight: 0.300kg ISBN: 9781138377370ISBN 10: 1138377376 Pages: 148 Publication Date: 23 August 2018 Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Tertiary & Higher Education , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction: Religion and the South Asian diaspora 2. Homogenisation and fragmentation, inclusivism and exclusivism in the development of Hinduism in Singapore 3. The dynamics of preserving cultural heritage: the case of Durban’s Kathiawad Hindu Seva Samaj, 1943–1960 and beyond 4. Religion and gender: the Hindu diaspora in Portugal 5. Talking ‘gender superiority’ in virtual spaces: web-based discourses of Hindu student groups in the US and UK 6. From the fringes of the diasporic garment: creative pageants of Indian Christian identity from Malaysia and Singapore 7. Celebrating ‘the sons of Jats’: the return of tribes in the global village 8. Multiple modernities and the Tibetan diaspora 9. ‘Forget not your old country’: absence, identity, and marginalization in the practice and development of Sri Lankan Buddhism in MalaysiaReviewsAuthor InformationRajesh Rai is Assistant Professor in the South Asian Studies Programme at the National University of Singapore. Co-editor of The Encyclopedia of the Sri Lankan Diaspora (2013), The South Asian Diaspora: Transnational Networks and Changing Identities (2009); Nationalism in South Asia (2009), he was also Assistant Editor for The Encyclopedia of the Indian Diaspora(2006), which has received considerable acclaim. His articles have been published in Modern Asian Studies, South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, South Asian Diaspora and elsewhere. His research interests are in the fields of diaspora studies and transnational identities, nationalism and the post-colonial history and politics of South Asia. Chitra Sankaran is Associate Professor in the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore. She has published monographs, books, edited volumes and chapters in Books. Her articles have been published in The Journal of Commonwealth Literature, ARIEL, World Literatures Written in English, Journal of South Asian Literatures and elsewhere. Her research interests include South Asian Fictions and Comparative Literatures. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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