Unfinished Migrations: Reflections on the African Diaspora and the Making of the Modern World
Unfinished Migrations: Reflections on the African Diaspora and the Making of the Modern World
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未完成的移民：对非洲侨民和现代世界形成的反思
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发表时间：
2000
影响因子：
1.6
通讯作者：
Robin D. G. Kelley
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作者：
T. Patterson;Robin D. G. Kelley
摘要：在学者们纷纷涉足侨民研究领域之际，本文探讨了侨民这一概念的定义/含义。当前的大部分讨论仍然表明，侨民仅仅是分散的逻辑表现，无论侨民是如何产生的，也不管它存在了多久。本文认为，将侨民联系在一起的联系必须是明确的，而不是不可避免的，侨民既是过程也是条件。作为一个过程，它总是在形成中，作为条件，它位于全球种族和性别等级制度中。然而，正如侨民产生一样，它也可能被破坏，因此学者们必须探索其破坏的时刻。事实上，揭示侨民构成要素的努力引发了关于非洲与其侨民关系如何概念化的重大问题。这些努力还强调有必要审查来自许多历史地点的重叠侨民。
Abstract: This article engages the very definition/meaning of diaspora as a concept at a moment when scholars are rushing to embrace the field of diaspora studies. Much of the current discussion continues to suggest that diaspora is merely a logical manifestation of dispersion, no matter how the diaspora was created or how long it had been in existence. This essay argues that linkages that tie the diaspora together must be articulated and are not inevitable, and that the diaspora is both process and condition. As a process it is always in the making, and as condition it is situated within global race and gender hierarchies. However, just as the diaspora is made, it can be unmade, and thus scholars must explore the moments of its unmaking. Indeed, the efforts to unravel the constituent elements of the diaspora(s) raise significant questions concerning how Africa is conceptualized in relation to its diaspora. These efforts also underscore the need to examine overlapping diasporas from many historical locations.