Rather, acknowledging the significant contributions of Safran, Cohen, Gilroy, Marienstras and others to the study of diasporas, and responding to the changes within diasporas and exile that require fluid definitions of both terms, this essay will assume the notion of diaspora as defined by Ted Swedenberg and Smadar Lavie, who argue that exiles can and often do live within diaspora: “ Diaspora refers to the doubled relationship or dual loyalty that migrants, exiles, and refugees have to places-their connections to the space they currently occupy and their continuing involvement with ‘back home.’” See Lavie, Smadar and Swedenburg, Ted, Displacement, Diaspora, and Geographies of Identity ( Durham, 1996), 14 Google Scholar. Due to space constraints, I will not go into the numerous arguments regarding these terms. 5 From the outset, I would like to clarify my use of the terms diaspora and exile.
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