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A Fragmented and Polarized Diaspora: The Making of an Iranian Pluralist Consciousness in Malaysia 支离破碎和两极化的侨民:伊朗多元主义意识在马来西亚的形成

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-24 DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.21.2.2021.05.14.1

Navid Fozi

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Reworking Race, Nation, and Diaspora on the Margins 重新审视边缘的种族、民族和散居

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2021-06-14 DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.21.2.2021.05.04

J. Gow

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Diasporas' Queer Archives: Honing the Mundane, the Personal, and the Sensorial Toward Unruly Methodological Visions 散居者的酷儿档案:从世俗、个人和感官的角度向难以驾驭的方法论视角进行磨练

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2021-03-10 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.21.1.2020-07-03

Tamar Shirinian

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A Network of Inconsistencies in Iran's Nationalism 伊朗民族主义的矛盾网络

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.21.1.2020-10-13

Talinn Grigor

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Diaspora as Spokesperson and Watchdog: Laxmi Berwa, VISION, and Anti-Caste Activism by Dalits in the United States 作为发言人和看门狗的散居:Laxmi Berwa、VISION和美国达利特人的反种姓行动

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2021-03-01 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.21.1.2020-11-06

Purvi Mehta

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Where Is the Love? Race, Self-Exile, and a Kind of Reconciliation 爱在哪里?种族、自我放逐与一种和解

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-15 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.21.1.2020-06-18

A. Commissiong

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Homeland and Heartland: Conceptualizing the “Muslim” “Diaspora” 祖国与中心地带:“穆斯林”“散居”的概念化

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-15 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.21.1.2020-11-03

Tahseen Shams

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“Like a Wolf Who Fell upon Sheep”: Arab Diaspora and Religion in America, 1880–1930 “像一只扑向羊群的狼”:1880-1930年阿拉伯人在美国的流散和宗教

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2020-12-15 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.21.1.2020-06-15

A. Khater

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Iraqi Jews and Heritage under Threat: Negotiating and Managing an Identity from Afar 威胁下的伊拉克犹太人和遗产:谈判和管理来自远方的身份

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.20.3.004

Sam Andrews

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The Iranian Diaspora: Its Formation and Transformation 伊朗侨民:它的形成和转变

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2020-02-01 DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.20.3.006

Elhum Haghighat

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