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UNINA9910783963203321 |
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Titolo |
State/nation/transnation : perspectives on transnationalism in the Asia-Pacific / / edited by Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Katie Willis |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2004 |
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ISBN |
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0-415-85989-1 |
1-280-01955-7 |
0-203-49734-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xv, 272 pages) |
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Collana |
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Transnationalism. Routledge research in transnationalism ; ; 12 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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YeohBrenda S. A |
WillisKatie <1968-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Transnationalism |
Foreign workers, Asian |
Foreign workers - Pacific Area |
Asians - Foreign countries |
Asia Emigration and immigration |
Pacific Area Emigration and immigration |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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State/Nation/Transnation Perspectives on Transnationalism in the Asia-Pacific; Copyright; Contents; List of illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: transnationalism as a challenge to the nation; 2 The myth of the controllability of difference: labour migration, transnational communities and state strategies in the Asia-Pacific region; 3 Spheres of speculation and middling transnational migrants: Chinese Indonesians in the Asia-Pacific; 4 Citizenship and differential exclusion of immigrants in Japan |
5 Is there a transnation? Migrancy and the national homeland among overseas Filipinos; 6 Expatriating is patriotic? The discourse on 'new migrants' in the People's Republic of China and identity construction among recent migrants from the PRC; 7 From nation to networks and back again: transnationalism, class and national identity in Malaysia; 8 Indian information technology professionals' world system: The nation and the transnation in individuals' migration strategies; 9 Beyond |
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transnational nationalism: questioning the borders of the Chinese diaspora in the global city |
10 Democracy, culture and the politics of gate-keeping in Cambodia: the transnation goes home; 11 Internal transnationalism and the formation of the Vietnamese diaspora; 12 Shifting the axis: feminism and the transnational imaginary; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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