Acknowledgments. Preface: Between Homelands and Homelessness? New Diasporas, Global Refugees. Introducing Diaspora: Key Terms. Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. 1. Diasporic Workers, New Global Economy . Case Study: "La Frontera": Transborder Migrations, Mexican-American Diasporic Workers.

Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. 2. Gender and Diasporas . Case Study: Filipina Working Diasporas in the US, Hong Kong, and Italy. Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. 3.

Global Traffic . Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. 4. Queer Diasporas . Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. 5.

Race and Diasporas . Case Study: Outsiders Within: Les Beurs and France's "Crise des banlieues". Case Study: Barred Entry: Haitian and Southeast Asian Asylees in the US and Australia. Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. 6. Transnational Activism, Diasporic Arts of Resistance . Case Study 1: Troubled Waters, Dam Nation, Grassroots, and Transnational Indian Diasporic Resistance: Whence Narmada?.

Case Study 2: Haitian Diaspora and Transnational "Tenth Department" Activism. Case Study 3: Filipina Maids in Hong Kong. Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. Postface: Diasporic Shifts Post-9/11. Questions for Reflection and Discussion. Additional Research. Notes.

Bibliography. Index.