World of Diasporas : Different Perceptions on the Concept of Diaspora / Edited by Harjinder Singh Majhail and Sinan Dogan.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The diaspora in the diaspora: the role of heritage networks in diaspora identity formation / Kimberly Berg -- Call of the homeland: contradictory processes of socio-religious formation among Mauritian migrants in the UK / Amenah Jahangeer-Chojoo -- Muting refugees, voicing diasporas: the case of the Palestinians / Nadine Hassouneh -- Reconstruction of Circassian history through romantic nationalism: yistanbulako (the road to Istanbul) / G�ulnur Demirci -- Politically framed cultural models and construction of autonomous-related self / Sinan Dogan -- Ethnic sociability: holidays of Dutch Hindustanis in Spain / Jaswina Elahi -- The cohesion of the Indian diaspora / Ruben Gowricharn -- Diasporas as autonomous political actors: the case of Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora / Lola Guyot -- Gay African refugees in Brazil: a diaspora? / V�itor Lopes Andrade -- Muslim women in the diaspora: shaping lives and negotiating their marriages / Enaya Hammad Othman -- Construction of Sikh identity in British Sikh diaspora in J. K. Rowling's the casual vacancy / Harjinder Singh Majhail.