CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2007
| Author | Tiwari, Ramakanta |
|---|---|
| Title | Being Nepali Part-time: Inquiring Identities among 'Nepali Diaspora' |
| Summary | There is almost a consensual understanding in social science literatures that identity is context-bound and relational. The unprecedented movement of people from one place to another and thereby subsequent changes in individuals’ life contexts in the present world has raised issues about human identity and belonging. It has raised questions like: how should one’s identity be defined? Is it what one claims to be or is it what one does? This paper is one of the efforts in looking into the meaning of diasporic identity in these grounds of perception and performance. It inquires into the stretches of discourses and practices of identity among the population in Belgium, which identifies itself as Nepali diaspora, and situates this lacuna between their discourses and practices of belonging to incite questions about the adequacy of two prevailing paradigms in international migration: diasporism and transnationalism. |
| Supervisor | Rajaram, Prem Kumar |
| Department | Sociology MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2007/tiwari_ramakanta.pdf |
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