ABSTRACT
This edited volume examines the relationship between the nation and the transnation, focusing on transnational communities in the Asia-Pacific region. 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
chapter |21 pages
The myth of the controllability of difference
Labour migration, transnational communities and state strategies in the Asia-Pacific region
chapter |30 pages
Spheres of speculation and middling transnational migrants
Chinese Indonesians in the Asia-Pacific
chapter |27 pages
Is there a transnation?
Migrancy and the national homeland among overseas Filipinos
chapter |24 pages
Expatriating is patriotic?
The discourse on ‘new migrants' in the People's Republic of China and identity construction among recent migrants from the PRC
chapter |17 pages
From nation to networks and back again
Transnationalism, class and national identity in Malaysia
chapter |18 pages
Indian information technology professionals' world system
The nation and the transnation in individuals' migration strategies
chapter |18 pages
Beyond transnational nationalism
Questioning the borders of the Chinese diaspora in the global city
chapter |21 pages
Democracy, culture and the politics of gate-keeping in Cambodia
The transnation goes home
