Religion in Diaspora: Cultures of Citizenship

270 Pages·2015·1.721 MB·English

by  Jane Garnett, Sondra L. Hausner (eds.)

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Religion in Diaspora
Cultures of Citizenship
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Jane Garnett and Sondra L. Hausner
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Religionindiaspora:culturesofcitizenship/[editedby]JaneGarnett,
AssociateProfessor,UniversityofOxford,UnitedKingdom,
SondraL.Hausner,AssociateProfessor,UniversityofOxford,
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pages cm.—(Migration,diasporas,andcitizenship)
1. Immigrants—Religiouslife. 2. Emigrationandimmigration—
Religiousaspects. 3. Religionandpolitics. 4. Citizenship. I. Garnett,
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Contents
ListofFigures ix
Acknowledgements x
ListofContributors xi
Introduction:CulturesofCitizenship 1
JaneGarnettandSondraL.Hausner
Part I MemoriesandLegacies
1 Reconsidering‘Diaspora’ 17
JonathanBoyarin
2 BiblicalCaseStudiesofDiasporaJewsandConstructions
of(Religious)Identity 36
JillMiddlemas
3 HistoricisingDiasporaSpaces:PerformingFaith,Race,and
PlaceinLondon’sEastEnd 55
NazneenAhmed,withJaneGarnett,BenGidley,AlanaHarris,
andMichaelKeith
4 RememberingtheUmmaintheConfinesoftheNation
State 80
FaizSheikhandSamanthaMay
Part II Associations
5 NegotiatingSettlement:SenegaleseMuslimImmigrants
andthePoliticsofMultipleBelongingsinNewYorkCity 103
OusmaneKane
6 ReconfiguringtheSocietalPlaceofReligioninFinland:
IslamicCommunitiesMovefromtheMarginstoPartner
inCivilSociety 121
TuomasMartikainen
7 TheVoice(s)ofBritishSikhs 138
JasjitSingh
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8 State-LevelRepresentationversusCommunityCohesion:
CompetingInfluencesonNepaliReligiousAssociationsin
theUnitedKingdom 158
FlorenceGurung
Part III Symbols
9 TheVeilingofReligiousMarkersintheSahrawiDiaspora 181
ElenaFiddian-Qasmiyeh
10 ‘IslamIsNotaCulture’:ReshapingMuslimPublicsfora
SecularWorld 202
KatherinePrattEwing
11 Hope,Margin,Example:TheKimbanguistDiasporain
Lisbon 226
RamonSarró
12 GreenBooks,BlueBooks,andBuddhismasSymbolsof
BelongingintheTibetanDiaspora:Towardsan
AnthropologyofFictiveCitizenship 245
AbrahamZablocki
Afterword 257
JaneGarnettandSondraL.Hausner
Index 259
Figures
3.1 ‘MahometansinEngland:TheMohurrumFestivalatthe
Docks’.Graphic,8August1892,n.p. 63
3.2 JagonariCentre,WhitechapelRoad,London.PhotoJane
Garnett 74
9.1 The‘invisible’mosquein27FebruaryRefugeeCamp,
South-WestAlgeria.PhotoElenaFiddian-Qasmiyeh 185
9.2 Sahrawiwomenwearing‘invisible’malahif astheywait
toattendthe2007Conferenceconvenedbythe
NationalUnionofSahrawiWomen,27FebruaryRefugee
Camp,South-WestAlgeria.PhotoElena
Fiddian-Qasmiyeh 190
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