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. Ed(S): Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar; Siu, Lok - Asian Diasporas - 9780804752435 - V9780804752435
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Asian Diasporas

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Description for Asian Diasporas Hardback. This collection of essays examines the worldwide dispersal of Asian populations and links these seemingly disparate movements through the category of Asian diasporas. Editor(s): Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar; Siu, Lok. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1F; GTB; JFF; JHBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. .

Asian migrants are inextricably linked to contemporary debates concerning the nation-state, neoliberalism, globalization, and transnationalism. This volume brings together these streams of inquiry and proposes a synthetic approach to examine various processes of migration and community formation on a global scale.

The essays included in Asian Diasporas look at the worldwide dispersal of Asian populations through the lens of diaspora. They illustrate the underlying structures of inequality that create diasporic communities—the cultural barriers that impede belonging to the place they inhabit and the place they call "homeland," the unequal processes that embody globalization, and the social inequalities in host and ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Palo Alto, United States
ISBN
9780804752435
SKU
V9780804752435
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15

About . Ed(S): Parrenas, Rhacel Salazar; Siu, Lok
Rhacel S. Parreñas is Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis. She is the author of Servants of Globalization (Stanford, 2001) and Children of Global Migration (Stanford, 2005). Lok C. D. Siu is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. She is the author of Memories of a Future Home ... Read more

Reviews for Asian Diasporas
"The essays reflect a high level of professional skill... the writing is clear and unpretentious, and the scholarship is solid.... These are, simply, very bright and professional scholars doing excellent scholarly work."—Paul Spickard, Journal of American Ethnic History "Asian Diasporas skillfully integrates diverse perspectives from Asian Studies and Asian American Studies into a coherent theme to illuminate sensible understandings of ... Read more

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