INTRODUCTION
Diaspora refers to movement of population from there original homeland .As you can see that the novel. The Namesake starts with Diaspora due to which the characters suffer many problems like multiculturalism, hybridity, alienation and identity crisis. The novel speaks about South Asian Diaspora community due to which the character of this book also suffers with identity crisis and multiculturalism.
The Diaspora began with the 6th century BCE conquest of the ancient Kingdom of Judah by Babylon, the destruction of the First Temple (c. 586 BCE), and the expulsion of the population, as recorded in the Bible. The Babylonian ruler, Nebuchadnezzar, allowed the Jews to remain in a unified community in Babylon. Another group of Jews fled …show more content…
The Jews began to revolt against the Roman Empire in 66 CE during the period known as the First Jewish–Roman War which culminated in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70CE. During the siege, the Romans destroyed the Second Temple and most of Jerusalem In 132, the Jews rebelled against Hadrian . In 135, Hadrian’s army defeated the Jewish armies and Jewish independence was lost. Jerusalem was turned into a pagan city called Aelia Capitolina and the Jews were forbidden to live there, and Hadrian changed the country’s name from Judea to Syria Palaestina. During the Middle Ages, the Jewish diaspora had divided into distinct regional groups which today are generally addressed according to three primary geographical groupings: the Ashkenazi Jews who immigrated to Central and later Eastern Europe, the Sephardi Jews who settled in Iberia and later North Africa, and the Mizrahi Jews who remained in the Babylon after the destruction of the First Temple. Ashkenazi populations grew rapidly from the 16th to the 19th centuries, with the largest diaspora populations in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. Millions of Jews migrated to the Americas in the 20th century. In the early 21st century the largest diaspora populations were in the United …show more content…
Displacement and liberation are both at hand. It should be clear, then, that there is no one model for such experiences each diaspora is different, as are the differing responses of a community's members.
Diasporas are also of different kinds Cohen postulated that there are five types of diasporas based on the historical experiences derived from migration. These types included victim (exile) Diasporas which include the African diaspora who suffered from the historical event of slavery; the Armenian diaspora who were victims of genocide and the Irish diaspora who suffered from a great famine. All the diasporas mentioned were victims of an event that has a lasting effect on them as a people.
Another type of diaspora is the labor diaspora; this relates to the indentured labor system that existed in the 19th century in countries such as India and China. This was as a result of the indentured labor system that existed in the 19th century. Similarly, there exist imperial diasporas; these diasporas include countries such as Venezuela, Boliva . Cohen noted that some diasporas exist as a result of trade; these are called trade diasporas. Although many diasporas fall in this category, China serves as a good example, given that their Hokkien traders were known for trading tools, skills, food, etc. Members of the modern Chinese diaspora are also trading their skills and
Diaspora refers to movement of population from there original homeland .As you can see that the novel. The Namesake starts with Diaspora due to which the characters suffer many problems like multiculturalism, hybridity, alienation and identity crisis. The novel speaks about South Asian Diaspora community due to which the character of this book also suffers with identity crisis and multiculturalism.
The Diaspora began with the 6th century BCE conquest of the ancient Kingdom of Judah by Babylon, the destruction of the First Temple (c. 586 BCE), and the expulsion of the population, as recorded in the Bible. The Babylonian ruler, Nebuchadnezzar, allowed the Jews to remain in a unified community in Babylon. Another group of Jews fled …show more content…
The Jews began to revolt against the Roman Empire in 66 CE during the period known as the First Jewish–Roman War which culminated in the destruction of Jerusalem in 70CE. During the siege, the Romans destroyed the Second Temple and most of Jerusalem In 132, the Jews rebelled against Hadrian . In 135, Hadrian’s army defeated the Jewish armies and Jewish independence was lost. Jerusalem was turned into a pagan city called Aelia Capitolina and the Jews were forbidden to live there, and Hadrian changed the country’s name from Judea to Syria Palaestina. During the Middle Ages, the Jewish diaspora had divided into distinct regional groups which today are generally addressed according to three primary geographical groupings: the Ashkenazi Jews who immigrated to Central and later Eastern Europe, the Sephardi Jews who settled in Iberia and later North Africa, and the Mizrahi Jews who remained in the Babylon after the destruction of the First Temple. Ashkenazi populations grew rapidly from the 16th to the 19th centuries, with the largest diaspora populations in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth and the Russian Empire. Millions of Jews migrated to the Americas in the 20th century. In the early 21st century the largest diaspora populations were in the United …show more content…
Displacement and liberation are both at hand. It should be clear, then, that there is no one model for such experiences each diaspora is different, as are the differing responses of a community's members.
Diasporas are also of different kinds Cohen postulated that there are five types of diasporas based on the historical experiences derived from migration. These types included victim (exile) Diasporas which include the African diaspora who suffered from the historical event of slavery; the Armenian diaspora who were victims of genocide and the Irish diaspora who suffered from a great famine. All the diasporas mentioned were victims of an event that has a lasting effect on them as a people.
Another type of diaspora is the labor diaspora; this relates to the indentured labor system that existed in the 19th century in countries such as India and China. This was as a result of the indentured labor system that existed in the 19th century. Similarly, there exist imperial diasporas; these diasporas include countries such as Venezuela, Boliva . Cohen noted that some diasporas exist as a result of trade; these are called trade diasporas. Although many diasporas fall in this category, China serves as a good example, given that their Hokkien traders were known for trading tools, skills, food, etc. Members of the modern Chinese diaspora are also trading their skills and