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diasporaDispersal of the Jews, initially from Israel and Judah 586-538 BC after the Babylonian conquest (the Babylonian Captivity, or exile); and then the major diaspora following the Roman sacking of Jerusalem in AD 70 and their crushing of the Jewish revolt of 135. The term has come to refer to all the Jews living outside Israel. ‘Diaspora’ is sometimes applied to the enforced dispersal of other peoples; for example, that of the Armenians by the Turks between 1909 and 1915 and of black Africans as a result of the slave trade. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In addition, Patterson discounts the complexity of the African American and larger diasporic consciousness displayed in Countee Cullen's richly arrayed poem "Heritage. It is not solely the practice of those who have inherited African Diasporic culture to reach outside of scholarship for such tools. The shift in critical focus from "Chinese Cinema" to "Chinese-Language Film" also enables this anthology to approach film as a transnational medium through the exploration of postcolonial experiences, diasporic identities and transcultural spaces. |
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