Indigenous Diasporas and Dislocations

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Graham Harvey, Charles Dillard Thompson, Charles Dillard Thompson (Jr.)
Ashgate, 2005 - Religion - 199 pages
Indigenous religions are now present not only in their places of origin but globally. They are significant parts of the pluralism and diversity of the contemporary world, especially when their performance enriches and/or challenges host populations. Indigenous Diasporas and Dislocations engages with examples of communities with different experiences, expectations and evaluations of diaspora life. It contributes significantly to debates about indigenous cultures and religions, and to understandings of identity and alterity in late or post-modernity. This book promises to enrich understanding of indigenity, and of the globalized world in which indigenous people play diverse roles.

About the author (2005)

Dr Graham Harvey is Lecturer in Religious Studies in the Arts Faculty, Open University, UK. Charles D. Thompson Jr is Curriculum and Education Director at the Center for Documentary Studies and is Adjunct Professor of Religion and Cultural Anthropology at Duke University, USA.