La diaspora tamoule : lieux et territoires en Île-de-France

In this article, we use the word diaspora as a social category of membership, and a tool manipulated by actors to create a collective subject across divisions. Our analysis examines the factors of inclusion in trying to understand the mechanisms by which the Tamil Nadu, Tamil Eelam, and Tamil organi...

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Main Author: Anthony Goreau-Ponceaud
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Reims Champagne-Ardennes 2007-03-01
Series:L'Espace Politique
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/495
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description In this article, we use the word diaspora as a social category of membership, and a tool manipulated by actors to create a collective subject across divisions. Our analysis examines the factors of inclusion in trying to understand the mechanisms by which the Tamil Nadu, Tamil Eelam, and Tamil organisations are trying desperately to include their communities in exile in a unifying and homogeneous set that they call Tamil diaspora. In order to clarify this process of attachment that involving memory, filiation and affiliation, we will illustrate our subject by the study of the Tamil’s anchorage points in Île-de-France. In the first part, we will see what differentiates the diasporic identity from the others collective identity. The second part will qualify this link, which becomes a support of solidarity conceptually doubtful between nationalism and selectivity, to create a Tamil transnational identity. The last part will hold a reflection on levels of belonging identity, focusing on the study of an ethnic neighbourhood: La Chapelle, located on the 10th and the 18th arrondissements (administrative subdivision) of Paris.
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spelling doaj.art-e8912b3055334d32b0cd612107bfeaa72022-12-21T18:44:08ZengUniversité de Reims Champagne-ArdennesL'Espace Politique1958-55002007-03-01410.4000/espacepolitique.495La diaspora tamoule : lieux et territoires en Île-de-FranceAnthony Goreau-PonceaudIn this article, we use the word diaspora as a social category of membership, and a tool manipulated by actors to create a collective subject across divisions. Our analysis examines the factors of inclusion in trying to understand the mechanisms by which the Tamil Nadu, Tamil Eelam, and Tamil organisations are trying desperately to include their communities in exile in a unifying and homogeneous set that they call Tamil diaspora. In order to clarify this process of attachment that involving memory, filiation and affiliation, we will illustrate our subject by the study of the Tamil’s anchorage points in Île-de-France. In the first part, we will see what differentiates the diasporic identity from the others collective identity. The second part will qualify this link, which becomes a support of solidarity conceptually doubtful between nationalism and selectivity, to create a Tamil transnational identity. The last part will hold a reflection on levels of belonging identity, focusing on the study of an ethnic neighbourhood: La Chapelle, located on the 10th and the 18th arrondissements (administrative subdivision) of Paris.http://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/495diasporaidentityimaginationnationalismplaceTamil
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La diaspora tamoule : lieux et territoires en Île-de-France
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diaspora
identity
imagination
nationalism
place
Tamil
title La diaspora tamoule : lieux et territoires en Île-de-France
title_full La diaspora tamoule : lieux et territoires en Île-de-France
title_fullStr La diaspora tamoule : lieux et territoires en Île-de-France
title_full_unstemmed La diaspora tamoule : lieux et territoires en Île-de-France
title_short La diaspora tamoule : lieux et territoires en Île-de-France
title_sort la diaspora tamoule lieux et territoires en ile de france
topic diaspora
identity
imagination
nationalism
place
Tamil
url http://journals.openedition.org/espacepolitique/495
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