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Jamal 1315 Posted 5 years ago
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The United States of Diasporica?

Hello everybody.

Would you please help me with 'The United States of Diasporica'?

You can love the United States of Diasporica and still be afraid of it.

Does it mean population scattering?

Thanks so much!

  

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Jamal 1315 Does it mean population scattering? She made a portmanteau of "diaspora" and "America" to little effect. You have to make the best sense of it you can, because what she meant is a mystery.

— Anonymous

  • Jamal 1315 Does it mean population scattering?
  • She made a portmanteau of "diaspora" and "America" to little effect.
  • You have to make the best sense of it you can, because what she meant is a mystery.
  • Is it the Americas that are the diaspora, or is it the US?
  • If it is the Americas, it isn't.
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Jamal 1315Does it mean population scattering?

She made a portmanteau of "diaspora" and "America" to little effect. You have to make the best sense of it you can, because what she meant is a mystery. Is it the Americas that are the diaspora, or is it the US? If it is the Americas, it isn't. If it is the US, so what? Everybody knows it is a nation of immigran

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I believe this is from the book "Infinite Country" by Patricia Engel. The book is about a Colombian couple who immigrate and decide to stay in the United States with their family. They go through real fears, threats, and traumas often experienced by immigrants (like deportation, violence, sexual violence.) I believe with the term US of Diasporica" she was referring to this other world that exi

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