State/nation/transnation : Perspectives on Transnationalism in the Asia-Pacific

by Yeoh, Brenda S. A.; Willis, Katie

• ISBN13: 9780203497340
• ISBN10: 0203497341
• Copyright: 2004-02-27
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Setting the book within a theoretical framework, the authors explore a range of themes such as migration, identity and citizenship in chapters on China, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam, Japan, Indonesia, Australia, Singapore and Cambodia.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Transnationalism as a Challenge to the Nation

The Myth of the Controllability of Difference: Labour Migration, Transnational Communities and State Strategies in the Asia-Pacific Region

Speres of Speculation and Middling Transnational Migrants: Chinese-Indonesians in the Asia-Pacific

Citizenship and Differential Exclusion of Immigrants in Japan

Is there a Transnation? Migrancy and the National Homeland among Overseas Filipinos

Expatriating is Patriotic? The Discourse on 'New migrants' in the People's Republic of China and Identity Construction among Recent Migrants from the PRC

From Nation to Networks and Back Again: Transnationalism, Class and National Identity in Malaysia

Indian Information Technology Professionals' World System: The Nation and the Transnation in Individuals' Migration Strategies

Beyond Transnational Nationalism: Questioning Chinese Diaspora's Borders in the Global City

Democracy, Culture and the Politics of Gate-Keeping in Cambodia: The Transnation Goes Home

Internal Transnationalism and the Formation of the Vietamese Diaspora

Shifting the Axis: Feminism and the Transnational Imaginary

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