Transnational Lives and the Media Re-Imagining Diasporas [Hardcover]

This collection offers a comprehensive account of the relation between diaspora and media cultures. It analyses the politics of transnational communication, the consumption of media by diasporic communities, and the views of non-governmental organizations on issues of the participation and representation of ethnic minorities in the media.Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Introduction: Exploration of Diaspora in the Context of Media Culture; O.G.Bailey, M.Georgiou & R.Harindranath PART 1: CONCEPTUAL AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL EXPLORATIONS Transnational Crossroads for Media and Diaspora: Three Challenges for Research; M.Georgiou Diaspora, Multiculturalism and Transnational Media: The Case of Zee TV; S.Fazal Art in the Age of Siege; N.Papastergiadis Re-imagining Diaspora through Ethno-mimesis: Humiliation, Human Dignity and Belonging; M.O'Neill PART 2: DIASPORIC POLITICS: TENSIONS AND PROMISES Transnational Islam and the Internet; E.Siapera The S?mi Media, State Broadcasting and Transnational Indigeneity; L.Markelin & C.Husband Refugee Communities and the Politics of Cultural Identity; R.Harindranath Ethnic Media, Transnational Politics: Turnish Migrant Media in Germany; K.Kosnick PART 3: TRANSNATIONAL LIVES AND THE MEDIA Diasporic Mediated Spaces; S.de Leeuw & I.Rydin Diaspora: An Urban Communication Paradigm; G.Gumpert & S.Drucker Latin Americans, Identities, and Media in Britain; O.G.Bailey All that Diaspora Allows: Film Between Queer and Diaspora; G.Needham PART 4: VOICES ACROSS CULTURAL AND POLITICAL DIASPORIC MEDIA SPACE Equal Participation of Ethnic Minorities in the Media: The Case of the Netherlands; S.Bink Muslim Communities and the Media in France; M.Colin Media and the Ethnic/Religious Minorities; B.Quraishy Ethnic Media in USA: Giant Hidden in Plain Sight; S.Roy & S.Close Ambiguous Voices: Western Media and Refugees; A.C.Ndongozi Mediam'Rad - Ethnic Media in Europe; R.Blion Bibliography IndexSUSAN BINK Researcher at Mira Media in Utrecht,l³+