The Odia Diaspora Culture, Identity, and Transnationalism

Introduction

Madhulika Sahoo, Sajaudeen Chapparban & Ajaya K. Sahoo

Part I

Legacies of Overseas Migration

1. Periodising the Overseas Odia Diasporic Experience

Jajati K. Pattnaik and Chandan K. Panda

2. Diasporic Self, Memory and Reconstruction of History: A Study of ‘Odia Diasporic Imaginary’ in Manoj Das’s Travel Narrative Adura Videsha

Jharana Rani Dhangadamajhi

3. Odia Dalit Diaspora and the Question of Home in The Amazing Story of the Man Who Cycled from India to Europe for Love by Per J. Andersson

Shiv Kumar

Part II

Diaspora and Cultural Identity

4. Changing Roles of Odia Women in Dual-Career Families in the USA

Annapurna Devi Pandey, Nibedita Nath and Satyajeet Nanda

5. Sambalpuri Dance: A Cultural Identity Emblem for the Odia Diaspora

Samiksha Purohit

6. Negotiating Roots and Routes: The Diasporic Experience and Cultural Identity in Prafulla Mohanti’s Through Brown Eyes

Mayukh Mondal

7. Glocalizing the Odia Self: Rap, Identity, and the Diasporic Imagination

Jyoti Prakash and Aditi Dhirgangi

Part III

Diaspora and Transnationalism

8. Cultural Identity and Diaspora: The Case of Odisha Society of the Americas (OSA)

Annapurna Devi Pandey

9. Odia Diaspora in Australia: Exploring the Transnational Socio-Cultural Exchange in a Globalized World

Subrata S Satapathy

10. A Comprehensive Understanding of the Role of Women in Odia Diaspora

Pramodini Jena

11. Feasts and Festivals of Odisha in the Odia Diaspora in North America

Annapurna Devi Pandey

Biography

Madhulika Sahoo is Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, Maa Manikeshwari University, India, and Director of Student Welfare and Placement. Her research focuses on forced migration, gender and health, tribal development, and cultural anthropology. She holds an MA in Refugee Studies from the University of East London and has received multiple awards including the Wenner-Gren fellowship and best researcher-publication award 2021.

Sajaudeen Chapparban is Assistant Professor at the Centre for Diaspora Studies, Central University of Gujarat, India, and Visiting Fellow at the University of Religion and Denomination, Iran. His research interests include international migration, diaspora studies, South Asian diaspora, citizenship, nationalism, and transnationalism. He has presented research internationally and received various fellowships including the Maulana Azad National Fellowship and Schusterman Center's Summer Institute fellowship.

Ajaya K. Sahoo is Head of the Centre for the Study of Indian Diaspora, University of Hyderabad, India. His research focuses on international migration, South Asian diaspora, transnationalism, and religion. He is the founder and editor of the journal South Asian Diaspora and has co-edited multiple Routledge Handbooks on diaspora and migration studies including the Routledge Handbook of the Indian Diaspora and Routledge Handbook of South Asian Migrations.