HUMA 1250 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Diaspora Studies, Triangular Trade, Postcolonialism
24 Nov 2015
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Dispersion" is the more general and inclusive term, whereas diaspora" is merely one of several kinds of dispersion so that, in a curious reversal, it has become a synecdoche, the part diaspora standing for the whole. Some eventually return home, many are assimilated, and the remainder may become consolidated into diaspora communities. (page 5: nostalgia. To turn to diaspora is to turn to the power of relation and the enabling possibilities of difference. To turn to diaspora is to turn away from the seemingly inexorable march of history and towards the secret of memories embedded within the intimacies of the everyday. To turn to diaspora is to turn to restless specters of sorrow bound by that, which is lost and to obscure miracles of connection marked by that which is found. Let us turn then to diaspora. (page 18: subjective. Define 1: diaspora must be understood as a condition of subjectivity and not as an object of analysis.
