1st Edition

Indian Transnationalism Gender, Culture, and Identity

164 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Indian Transnationalism: Gender, Culture, and Identity delves into the challenges and creative transformations faced by Indians as they forge new lives abroad, offering a fresh and critical perspective on belonging in an interconnected world. The book brings together insights on ethnonational identity, gender roles, performing arts, and music, while examining the organizations that provide... Read more

Introduction

Ajaya K. Sahoo, Anindita Shome, Shazia Khan and Surabhi K.

 

1. Diaspora, Transnationalism and Ethnonational Identity

Ajaya K. Sahoo amd Anindita Shome

 

2. Diaspora and Rethinking of Homeland

Ajaya K. Sahoo and Anindita Shome

 

3. Diaspora and South Asian Youth Organizations

Ajaya K. Sahoo & Anindita Shome

 

4. Gender, Identities, and Virtual Spaces

Anindita Shome

 

5. Diaspora, Music and Identity

Shazia Khan and Ajaya K. Sahoo

 

6. Evolution and Transformation of Indo-Caribbean Music

Shazia Khan and Ajaya K. Sahoo

 

7. Diaspora, Music, and Transnationalism

Shazia Khan

 

8. Diaspora, Religion, and Identity

Ajaya K. Sahoo and Surabhi K.

 

9. Theyyam Performances in the Indian Diaspora

Surabhi K. and Ajaya K. Sahoo

 

10. Localization to Globalization

Surabhi K. and Ajaya K. Sahoo

Biography

Ajaya K. Sahoo is Professor and Head of the Centre for the Study of Indian Diaspora at the University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. His research interests include diaspora, transnationalism, religion, and identity. He is the Editor of the journal South Asian Diaspora.

 

Anindita Shome is an Assistant Professor, School of Humanities and Social Sciences, VIT-AP University, Andhra Pradesh, India. Her research interests include diaspora, transnationalism, gender, and literary studies.

 

Shazia Khan is an Assistant Professor of English at Malla Reddy University, Hyderabad, and Research Affiliate at the Centre for the Study of Indian Diaspora, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Her research sits at the intersections of migration, cultural identity, and sonic traditions. She specializes in Indo-Caribbean music, examining how sound shapes diasporic memory and belonging across transnational spaces.

 

Surabhi K. is a Post-Doctoral Scholar at the Centre for the Study of Indian Diaspora, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Her research interests include culture, religion, globalization, diaspora, and transnationalism, and she has published extensively on those areas.