ABSTRACT

This handbook presents cutting-edge research on Asian transnationalism written by experts in the areas of migration, diaspora, ethnicity, gender, language, education, politics, media, art, popular culture and literature from diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives.

The Asian region not only constitutes one of the largest diasporic populations in the world but also the most diversified diasporas in terms of their historical trajectories of emigration, geographical spread, economic and political strength, socio-cultural integration in the host country and transnational engagement with the homeland. Divided thematically into six broad sections, the chapters in this handbook critically discuss and debate some of the pertinent issues of Asian transnationalism:

  • Contextualizing Asian Transnationalism
  • Transnationalism and Socio-Cultural Identities
  • Transnationalism, Education and Infrastructure
  • Transnationalism, Gender and Development
  • Transnationalism and Dynamics of Diasporic Politics
  • Transnationalism, Art and Media

The Routledge Handbook of Asian Transnationalism will be an invaluable resource for academics, researchers and students interested in the study of international migration, Asian diaspora and transnationalism.

Chapter 29 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

chapter |14 pages

Introduction

Asian Transnationalism

part I|70 pages

Contextualizing Asian Transnationalism

part II|70 pages

Transnationalism and Socio-Cultural Identities

chapter 866|14 pages

Transnational Spirits and Cultural Identity

A Case Study of Vietnamese Diasporic Communities in San Jose City, USA and Jingdao Island, China

chapter 7|14 pages

The Thaipusam Festival in Malaysia

On Ritual Polytropy

part III|66 pages

Transnationalism, Education and Infrastructure

part IV|58 pages

Transnationalism, Gender and Development

part V|68 pages

Transnationalism and Dynamics of Diasporic Politics

chapter 28021|13 pages

Race, Anxiety and Shopping in the Australian Outback

Indian Hawkers and Victoria's 1884 Smallpox Outbreak

chapter 22|13 pages

Papering Over Racial Capitalism

Anticolonial Newspapers and Gujarati Merchants in Colonial Mauritius

chapter 23|10 pages

Governing the Kazakh Diaspora

Kazakhstan's Evolving Policies and Institutions towards Kazakhs Abroad

chapter 24|19 pages

Political Participation and Representation of South Asian and Chinese Canadians

Evidence from the Greater Toronto Area

part VI|69 pages

Transnationalism, Art and Media

chapter 28|14 pages

Contemporary Film Culture and Convergence

Cinemediated Solidarity

chapter 29|12 pages

K-Pop Trans/Nationalism