Contributed articles. Includes bibliographic references.
Contents:
Tamil diaspora in Chicago : its origins, identity, diversity, triumphs and tussles / Peter Vethanayagamony. Introduction / Peter Vethanayagamony -- A dislocated minority community empowers itself : a glimpse at contemporary Malaysian Indians / Denison Jayasooria -- Alien geography and diaspora as Tamil cultural construct : conceptualizing Singaporean Tamil narrative / Babu Immanuel Venkataraman -- Before and after 'diaspora' : precarious citizens and South-South Asian cyber-nationalism Malaysia, Sri Lanka and beyond / Darini Rajasingham-Senanayake -- Tamils in Sri Lanka: aspirations, struggles and hopes / Christie Samuel -- Language and religion of Tamils in the emerging Singapore Indian identity / Joshua Ebenezar Jesudason -- 'Crisis heterotopia,' and "aura' of the Sri Lankan Tamils in the diasporic narrative of Kannathil Muthamittal / Gopalan Ravindran -- Saree as a cultural marker : diasporic women on a virtual platform / Sharon Wilson and Swagata Sinha Roy -- Indonesian Tamil women : a gendered affiliation to post-colonial order / Silvia Vignato -- Tamils in South Africa : quest for identity / P. Pratap Kumar -- People of South Indian and Tamil origins in Fiji / Vijay Naidu, Subhash Appanna and Neelesh Gounder -- Tenacity and resurgence of Tamil culture and heritage in Reúnion Island / Céline Ramsamy-Giancone and Sangari Anandanadaradja -- Tamils in Britain : migration, settlement and the establishment of a public Tamil Hindu temple / Demelza Jones -- Paris becomes Tamil : the morphing of the new cultural space into sacred geography / Anthony Goreau-Ponceaud -- Growing old in the second home country : Tamil diaspora in Switzerland / Damaris Lüthi -- "Take me as I am" : insights from the second generation Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora in Switzerland / Rina Malagayo Alluri -- Tamils in the technology industries of the United States / Jeyaprakash S. Samuel -- Diversity and diaspora: second generation Indian Tamils in the USA / Christabel Devadoss -- Tamil diaspora in Arizona, USA / Dave S. Mahadevan -- Tamil diaspora in Chicago : its origins, identity, diversity, triumphs and tussles / Peter Vethanayagamony.
Summary:
Tamil Diaspora presents the fascinating saga of Tamil people around the world, a long and multifaceted history of their journeys, wanderings, triumphs and challenges on different shores of the world far from their ancestral homeland even as they adopt and adapt into their host countries. This volume is a brief snapshot of that complex narrative and explores the various dimensions of their lives in diaspora from diverse disciplinary lenses. -- Back cover.
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