Indian and Chinese Immigrant Communities

Indian and Chinese Immigrant CommunitiesThis interdisciplinary collection of essays offers a window onto the overseas Indian and Chinese communities in Asia. Contributions give insight on the interactive role of the cultural and religious other, the diasporic absorption of local beliefs and customs, and the practical business networks and operational mechanisms unique to these communities.

Passant Faheem

Brings images of holy motherhood and childbearing into the centre of an art-historical enquiry

In a first prose translation

Mordaunt is happy on the island

racial tensions and class divides

Dick remains morose throughout the day

explores the intricacies of life in academe

this literary exploration of Islam-related issues sheds new and valuable light on the cultural interaction between the Muslim world and 'the West'

and the dangers of keeping secrets

butter) and health

aesthetics and language

Having taken over the leadership of the French school of sociology after the death of his uncle