Conclusion: The Postdiaspora Condition

Abstract

The Conclusion discusses the postdiaspora condition in its homeland, host land, and multisite contexts and explains why it is perceived differently when viewed from the perspectives of the homeland, host land, immigrant, or cosmonation, representing different scales of analysis. It interprets diaspora as a carrier of inequality because of the subaltern status it projects in its relation to the host land. In contrast, the chapter presents postdiaspora as emancipatory because of the equality dividend it projects. It then discusses the need to denaturalize diaspora subalternity, stressing that it is not intrinsic to the natural order of things. It further compares and contrasts diaspora and postdiaspora. Finally, it addresses the communal dimension of postdiaspora, the enactment of postdiaspora identity performances, the rise of postdiaspora consciousness, and the deployment of the postdiaspora condition.