Here, There, and Elsewhere: The Making of Immigrant Identities in a Globalized World

Tahseen Shams

Published by Stanford University Press 2020

Here, There, and Elsewhere

The Making of Immigrant Identities in a Globalized World

Tahseen Shams

In the series Globalization in Everyday Life

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781503612846

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About this book

Tahseen Shams explores how geopolitics in the homeland, hostland, and beyond shape Muslim-American and immigrant identities in a globalized world.

Author / Editor information

Tahseen Shams is Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto.

Reviews

David Scott FitzGerald:
"This is a tour de force. Combining nuanced ethnography with multi-sited historical analysis, Shams shows how South Asian immigrants' lives in the U.S. are shaped not only by where they come from and where they go, but also by events in third places they have never been. The surprising centrality of these 'elsewheres' is a breakthrough insight in migration studies."

Roger Waldinger:
"This brilliantly argued, beautifully written book pushes migration studies in an entirely new direction. Identifying a conceptual space located outside both countries of immigration and emigration and to which the immigrants have no direct connection, Shams provides an entirely novel demonstration of how conflicts stemming from the world's 'elsewhere' places shape the collective identity categories available to immigrants and their descendants. An important work, yielding lessons for both scholars and students to savor and ponder."

Steven J. Gold:
"A significant body of contemporary migration research assumes that a dualistic focus on the country of origin and host society are appropriate for the creation of cutting-edge accounts of contemporary migration. In her study of South Asian Muslims and their descendants settling in California, Tahseen Shams challenges the adequacy of the homeland/hostland approach by demonstrating that depictions of events in migrants' countries of origin as well as those in regions to which these migrants have no connection—such as Syria, Palestine, Nigeria, and Western Europe—significantly influence their acceptance and adjustment. In so doing, Here, There, and Elsewhere advances our approach for understanding migration, resettlement, and transnational phenomena."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
1 SOCIETIES INTERCONNECTED Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 BEYOND HERE AND THERE The Multicentered Relational Framework Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	33
3 GLOBAL DIMENSIONS OF HOMELAND TIES Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
4 THE GEOPOLITICS OF BEING “GOOD MUSLIMS” IN AMERICA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
5 “MUSLIMS IN DANGER” BOTH HERE AND ELSEWHERE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	135
6 TAKING PRECAUTIONS HERE FOR “MUSLIMS IN CONFLICT” ELSEWHERE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	166
7 HERE, THERE, AND ELSEWHERE Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	190
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	215
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Language: English
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 264
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 14
Keywords: immigrant identities; globalization; international migration; transnationalism; Muslim Americans; diaspora; Asian Americans; religion; racialization; Islamophobia

eBook

Published: August 4, 2020
ISBN: 9781503612846