State/nation/transnation : perspectives on transnationalism in the Asia-Pacific / / edited by Brenda S.A. Yeoh and Katie Willis

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828303403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004
• ISBN: 0-415-85989-1; 1-280-01955-7; 0-203-49734-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xv, 272 pages)
• Collana: Transnationalism. Routledge research in transnationalism ; ; 12
• Classificazione: 74.94
• Altri autori (Persone): YeohBrenda S. A; WillisKatie <1968->
• Disciplina: 304.8/5
• Soggetti: Transnationalism; Foreign workers, Asian; Foreign workers - Pacific Area; Asians - Foreign countries; Asia Emigration and immigration; Pacific Area Emigration and immigration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 ; 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.