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

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2004
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 304.8/5
• Soggetto topico: Transnationalism; Foreign workers, Asian; Foreign workers - Pacific Area; Asians - Foreign countries
• Soggetto geografico: Asia Emigration and immigration; Pacific Area Emigration and immigration
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Classificazione: 74.94
• Altri autori: YeohBrenda S. A WillisKatie <1968->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• 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 Filipinos6 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 home11 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: State
• ISBN: 0-415-85989-1; 1-280-01955-7; 0-203-49734-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910451390703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Transnationalism. . -Routledge research in transnationalism ; ; 12.