The Situated Politics of Belonging [Hardcover]

This collection of essays examines the racialized and gendered effects of contemporary politics of belonging, issues which lie at the heart of contemporary political and social lives. It encompasses critical questions of identity and citizenship, inclusion and exclusion, emotional attachments, violent conflicts and local/global relationships. The range  geographically, thematically and theoretically - covered by the chapters reflects current concerns in the world today.This collection of essays examines the racialized and gendered effects of contemporary politics of belonging, issues which lie at the heart of contemporary political and social lives. It encompasses critical questions of identity and citizenship, inclusion and exclusion, emotional attachments, violent conflicts and local/global relationships. The range  geographically, thematically and theoretically - covered by the chapters reflects current concerns in the world today.Introduction - Nira Yuval-Davis, Kalpana Kannabiran and Ulrike M Vieten
PART ONE MULTICULTURALISM, COSMOPOLITANISM AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICS OF BELONGING
Belongings in a Globalising and Unequal World - Floya Anthias
Rethinking Translocations
Culture, Identity and Rights - Gurminder K Bhambra
Challenging Contemporary Discourses of Belonging
Domestic Cosmopolitanism and Structures of Feeling - Mica Nava
The Specifity of London
A Cartography of Resistance - Kalpana Kannabiran
The National Federation of Dalit Women
PART TWO: RACISMS, SEXISMS AND CONTEMPORARY POLITICS OF BELONGING
Im/Possible Inhabitations - Nirmal Puwar
An Inhospitable Port in the Storm - Jayne O Ifekwunigwe
Recent Clandestine West African Migrants and the Quest for Diasporic Recognition
Alterity and Belonging in Diaspora Space - Alice Feldman
Changing Irish Identities and `Race'-Making in lÓ-