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diaspora: a standalone construct

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diaspora1 CONSTRUCTDiaspora (Migration)SAFRAN · MIGRATION STUDIES

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Migration studies

a dispersed population that keeps a collective memory of a homeland, feels partly alienated in host societies and maintains ties to the homeland.

In migration studies, diaspora refers to a dispersed population that keeps a collective memory of a homeland, feels partly alienated in host societies and maintains ties to the homeland. This meaning comes from Safran (1991) in Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies.[1]

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References

  1. Safran, W. (1991). Diasporas in Modern Societies: Myths of Homeland and Return. Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies, 1(1), 83-99. https://doi.org/10.1353/dsp.1991.0004

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