01291nam a22001457a 4500020001800000082001500018245008800033260003300121300001700154520084700171546001201018650006101030700002501091700002901116  a9780367659844  a304.8bROU  aRoutledge Handbook of Diaspora Studies /cedited by Robin Cohen and Carolin Fischer  aNew York :bRoutledge,c2019  axviii, 364p.  aThe word ‘diaspora’ has leapt from its previously confined use – mainly concerned with the dispersion of Jews, Greeks, Armenians and Africans away from their natal homelands – to cover the cases of many other ethnic groups, nationalities and religions. But this ‘horizontal’ scattering of the word to cover the mobility of many groups to many destinations, has been paralleled also by ‘vertical’ leaps, with the word diaspora being deployed to cover more and more phenomena and serve more and more objectives of different actors.
In this exciting and authoritative collection over 40 scholars from many countries have explored the evolving use of the concept of diaspora, its possibilities as well as its limitations. This Handbook will be indispensable for students undertaking essays, debates and dissertations in the field.  aEnglish  aDiasporav Emigration and immigration.xHuman geography.  aCohen, RobineEditor  aFischer, CarolineEditor