Theorising complex diasporas: Purity and hybridity in the south Asian public sphere in Britain

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 895-911

  Werbner, Pnina ^a  

^a KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

British Muslims; Cultural hybridity; Diaspora; South Asians; Transnationalism

Indexed keywords

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; DIASPORA; ISLAMISM; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; PUBLIC SPACE;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 4444258218     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183042000245606     Document Type: Article

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