Lec #23: Transnationals and Diasporas Flashcards

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who are the diasporas? and who suggested this theory?

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-Robin Cohen suggests that diasporas have these features:

  • leaving their original homeland b/c of trauma
  • leaving their homeland in search of work
  • a return movement
  • a troubled relationship w/ host societies
  • The possibility of a distinctive creative, enriching life in tolerant host countries
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how are diaspora groups formed?

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  • the type of diaspora a group becomes depends largely on their initial reasons for leaving
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What are the 5 major types of diasporas?

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  1. Victim diasporas
  2. Imperial diasporas
  3. Labour Diasporas
  4. Trade Diasporas
  5. Cultural Diasporas
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What is transnationality?

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migrants or immigrants live their lives simultaneously across national orders, incorporates into 2 or more nation states

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What is the cultural mode of production?

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-transnationalism as a mode of cultural reproduction refers to the contemporary fluidity of constructed styles, social institutions, and everyday practices

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