Date: Sun, 6 Apr 1997 17:51:58 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Cyberdiva (a.k.a \"Radhika Gajjala\")" <rxgst6+-AT-pitt.edu>
Subject: Re: disjointed semi-explanations


On Sun, 30 Mar 1997, Enok Kippersund wrote:

> Radhika:
> My attempts to study sawnet is related to my question regarding 
> the possibility/impossibility of "cyborg-diaspora" 
> (i.e. `community through technology' as a disruption of 
> that `community through memory')
> 
> Enok:
> I have problems in quite getting hold of the notion "community through
> memory".
> 
> Does it mean "the previous civilian community" or "the (previous)
> traditional (domestic) community" or "the background real life community"?
> 


and at last i get back to this list - what with repeating posts on the
poco list and being the moderator of the month for sawnet ... i neglected
this list for a while 

which, by the way seems to be just me and Enok?

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Regarding E's qs -
As I use and understand the phrase - "community through memory" in the
context of my paper and in the context of postcolonial "diaspora" is
rooted in third-world nationalist imagining of community.

I would have to explain Partha Chatterjee's argument re. the Indian
nationalist movement etc - will do this in a future post - if it becomes
necessary.

There is a body of literature that discusses the manner in which
"diasporic" communities' attempt to create and re-create a "shared
diasporic sensibility"  (Nelson) 
And, apparently, this creation of community through a kind of *imagined*
memory is not restricted to Indian immigrants.

In beginning to respond to your question, I will refer you to two articles
-
"The Shrinking Himalayas" by Indira Karamcheti; ~Diaspora' 2:2 1992
"The Habit of Ex-Nomination:Nation, Woman and the Indian Immigrant
Bourgeoisi" by Annanya Bhattacharjee; Public Culture- Vol 5 No.1 Fall
1992.


more later,

Radhika 
 
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