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On Apr 2, 2012, at 4:43 AM, "Dr. Sharmina Mawani" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Gujarati Communities Across The Globe: Memory, Identity and Continuity
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> Edited by Sharmina Mawani and Anjoom Mukadam
>
> To purchase copies at a discounted rate, simply download the order form at
> http://www.gujaratstudies.org/index_files/Page1051.htm
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> *Gujarati Communities Across the Globe* offers an insight into the everyday
> lives and evolving identities negotiated by Gujaratis in a global context:
> in North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, East Africa
> and South Asia. Its orientation around the themes of nationalism,
> migration, new ethnicities, language and religion makes it an essential
> resource for students of South Asian studies, religious studies, the
> sociology of religion, social anthropology, diasporic studies, cultural and
> ethnic studies. It will also interest those who wish to understand how
> identities of a diasporic and post-diasporic community can be strengthened
> despite moving away from one’s original roots.
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> The ethnographic accounts in this volume are real lives which frame these
> narratives in a specific context and are part of a rich historical memory.
> What defines a Gujarati? Is it language, culture, geography, tradition,
> religion, all of these—or simply a tie that binds an individual to their
> ancestors and the land from which they originated?
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> Contents
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> Foreword - Raymond Brady Williams
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> Introduction - Sharmina Mawani and Anjoom Mukadam
> 1 The Nationality Factor in the Migration of Gujaratis to East Africa and
> Beyond - Ramnik Shah
> 2 The Ugandan Asian Expulsion and its Place in the Evolution of the
> Gujarati Diaspora - Mohamed M. Keshavjee
> 3 With Whom May British Gujaratis Identify, to Whom May They be Compared? -
> John Mattausch
> 4 Sharing His Vision: Aga Khan IV and the Nizari Ismaili Muslims of
> Gujarati Ancestry - Anjoom Mukadam
> 5 Songs of Praise: The Git Tradition of the Nizari Ismaili Muslims -
> Sharmina Mawani
> 6 Sufis and Satpanthis: Gujari Teachings of Muhammad Shah - Zawahir Moir
> 7 Indian Nationalism and *Gujarat Ni Asmita*: KM Munshi on Language
> Problems - Riho Isaka
> 8 ‘I want love to be arranged!’ Courtship and Marriage in the Context of
> Globalisation: Baroda, India - Katherine Twamley, Anthony Pryce and Karina
> Kielmann
> 9 A Match Made in Heaven: A Study of Changing Hindu Marriage Practices
> amongst Gujarati
> Eligibles - Sheena Raja
> 10 A Fine Balance: Adaptation and Accommodation in the Swaminarayan Sanstha
> - Hanna H Kim
> 11 Indianness and the Reflexive Project of the Self: Discourses of
> Ethnicity among New Zealand-born Gujaratis - Amanda Gilbertson
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> To purchase copies at a discounted rate, simply download the order form at
> http://www.gujaratstudies.org/index_files/Page1051.htm
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