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<p>List of Figures and Tables ix</p> <p>Notes on Contributors xi</p> <p>Series Editors’ Preface xix</p> <p>Acknowledgments xxi</p> <p>1 Diasporas, Media, and Culture: Exploring Dimensions of Human Mobility and Connectivity in the Era of Global Interdependency 1<br /><i>Roza Tsagarousianou and Jessica Retis</i></p> <p><b>Part I Roots and Routes: The Nature of “Diaspora(s)”: Their Relation to Nation, Ethnicity, Religion, Societies of Provenance, and Societies of Settlement </b><b>21</b></p> <p>2 Diasporas: Changing Meanings and Limits of the Concept 23<br /><i>Robin Cohen</i></p> <p>3 Digital Diasporas: Beyond the Buzzword: Toward a Relational Understanding of Mobility and Connectivity 31<br /><i>Laura Candidatu, Koen Leurs, and Sandra Ponzanesi</i></p> <p>4 The Tragedy of the Cultural Commons: Cultural Crossroads and the Paradoxes of Identity 49<br /><i>Thomas Hylland Eriksen</i></p> <p>5 Diaspora and the Plurality of Its Cosmopolitan Imaginaries 63<br /><i>Myria Georgiou</i></p> <p>6 Beyond the Concept of Diaspora?: Reevaluating our Theoretical Toolkit Through the Study of Muslim Transnationalism 77<br /><i>Roza Tsagarousianou</i></p> <p>7 Doing Diasporic Media Research: Methodological Challenges and Innovations 97<br /><i>Kevin Smets</i></p> <p><b>Part II Home and Away: Transnationalism, Localism, and the Construction of Diasporic Identity </b><b>113</b></p> <p>8 Homogenizing Heterogeneity in Transnational Contexts: Latin American Diasporas and the Media in the Global North 115<br /><i>Jessica Retis</i></p> <p>9 Unraveling Diaspora and Hybridity: Brazil and the Centrality of Geopolitical Context in Analyzing Culture in Global Postcolonial Space 137<br /><i>Niall Brennan</i></p> <p>10 Media, Racism, and Haitian Immigration in Brazil 151<br /><i>Denise Cogo and Terezinha Silva</i></p> <p>11 China’s Vessel on the Voyage of Globalization: The Soft Power Agenda and Diasporic Media Responses 165<br /><i>Wanning Sun</i></p> <p>12 Digital Diaspora: Social Alliances Beyond the Ethnonational Bond 179<br /><i>Saskia Witteborn</i></p> <p>13 Transnational Mediated Commemoration of Migrant Deaths at the Borders of Europe 193<br /><i>Karina Horsti</i></p> <p><b>Part III Cultural Politics in the Diaspora: Diasporic Public Spheres/Spaces, Identity Politics, and Diasporic Activism </b><b>207</b></p> <p>14 The Politics of Diasporic Integration: The Case of Iranians in Britain 209<br /><i>Annabelle Sreberny and Reza Gholami</i></p> <p>15 Scripting Indianness: Remediating Narratives of Diasporic Affiliation and Authenticity 225<br /><i>Radha S. Hegde</i></p> <p>16 Media Representations of Diasporic Cultures and the Impact on Audiences: Polarization, Power, and the Limits of Interculturality 239<br /><i>Miquel Rodrigo‐Alsina, Antonio Pineda, and Leonarda Garcia‐Jimenez</i></p> <p>17 Toward a Democratization of the Public Space?: Challenges for the Twenty‐First Century 255<br /><i>Alicia Ferrandez Ferrer</i></p> <p>18 Decolonizing National Public Spheres: Indigenous Migrants as Transnational Counterpublics 269<br /><i>Antonieta Mercado</i></p> <p>19 The Power of Communication Networks for the Political Formation of a New Social Actor in Chile: The Case of Migrant Action Movement 283<br /><i>Ximena Poo</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Nation and Diasporas: Diasporas, Nationalism, and the Making of National Cultures </b><b>295</b></p> <p>20 Making National Cultures: Sindhis in Indonesia’s Media Industries 297<br /><i>Thomas Barker</i></p> <p>21 Reporting Violence and Naming Migrants in Assam: The Coverage of Anti‐“Bengali Muslim” Violence in Assam by The Assam Tribune Newspaper 311<br /><i>Musab Iqbal</i></p> <p>22 Media and Nationalism Beyond Borders 329<br /><i>Janroj Yilmaz Keles</i></p> <p>23 Online Diasporas: Beyond Long‐Distance Nationalisms 343<br /><i>Angeliki Monnier</i></p> <p>24 Somali Development Agents as Development Communicators: Visions and “Religious” Challenges 359<br /><i>Michele Gonnelli</i></p> <p>25 The Mediation of Migration and States of Exception 373<br /><i>Miyase Christensen and Christian Christensen</i></p> <p><b>Part V Gender and Generation: How Do Gender and Generation Intersect with the Diasporic Condition and Impact on Diasporic Cultural Politics? </b><b>385</b></p> <p>26 Intersections and (Dis)Connections: LGBTQ Uses of Digital Media in the Diaspora 387<br /><i>Alexander Dhoest</i></p> <p>27 Sri Lankan Migrant Women Watching Teledramas in Melbourne: A Social Act of Identity 401<br /><i>Shashini Ruwanthi Gamage</i></p> <p>28 Digital Diasporas: Accounting for the Role of Family Talk in Transnational Social Spaces 415<br /><i>Gabriel Moreno‐Esparza</i></p> <p>29 Italian Post‐war Migration to Britain: Cinema and the Second Generation 429<br /><i>Margherita Sprio</i></p> <p><b>Part VI New Technologies, New Experiences: Changing Media and Information and Communication Technologies, and Their Impact on Diasporic Cultures </b><b>443</b></p> <p>30 Between Access and Exclusion: Iranian Diasporic Broadcasting in Open TV Channels in Germany 445<br /><i>Christine Horz</i></p> <p>31 Low Frequencies in the Diaspora: The Black Subaltern Intellectual and Hip‐Hop Cultures 461<br /><i>Bryce Henson</i></p> <p>32 Facebook for Community, Direct Action, and Archive: Diaspora Responses to the 2014 Floods in the Balkans 475<br /><i>Deborah James</i></p> <p>33 The Romanian Scientific E‐Diaspora: Online Mobilization, Transnational Agency, and Globalization of Domestic Policies 491<br /><i>Mihaela Nedelcu</i></p> <p>34 Refugees, Information Precarity, and Social Inclusion: The Precarious Communication Practices of Syrians Fleeing War 503<br /><i>Melissa Wall, Madeline Otis Campbell, and Dana Janbek</i></p> <p>35 Racial and Class Distinctions Online: The Case of the Mexican European Diaspora on Social Networking Sites 515<br /><i>Lorena Nessi and Olga Bailey</i></p> <p><b>Part VII Redefining Social Spaces in the Diaspora: The Transformation of Urban, Physical, and Virtual Spaces </b><b>529</b></p> <p>36 Physical and Virtual Spaces Among the Palestinian Diaspora in Malmo 531<br /><i>Fanny Christou and Spyros Sofos</i></p> <p>37 Developing and Defending Mixed Identity: Lessons from the Caribbean Diaspora 547<br /><i>Charisse L’Pree Corsbie‐Massay and Raven S. Maragh-Lloyd</i></p> <p>38 Latino and Asian as Pan‐Ethnic Layers of Identity and Media Use Among Second‐Generation Immigrants 563<br /><i>Joseph Straubhaar, Laura Dixon, Jeremiah Spence, and Viviana Rojas</i></p> <p>39 Migration, Transnational Families, and New Communication Technologies 577<br /><i>Mirca Madianou</i></p> <p>Index 591</p>

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