| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 247 pages) : illustrations, 1 map |
| Contents |
Diasporic citizenship -- Prohibited race/ideal citizens : the social history and background of the Chinese in Panama -- The queen of the Chinese colony : contesting nationalism, en-gendering diaspora -- Migration stories : serial migration and the production of home and identity in diaspora -- Home at the intersection of nations : between Panama, China, and the United States -- Immigrant dreams and nightmares : remaking community amid new migrations -- "Good-bye, Uncle Sam, hello, Uncle Chang" : globalization, diasporic allegiance, and the China-Taiwan conflict -- Toward a framework for the study of Asians in the Americas -- "The Chinese century" : redefining Panamanian national identity |
| Summary |
"While the history of Asian migration to Latin America is well documented, we know little about the contemporary experience of diasporic Asians in this part of the world. Memories of a Future Home offers an intimate look at how diasporic Chinese in Panama construct a home and create a sense of belonging as they inhabit the interstices of several cultural-national formations--Panama, their nation of residence; China/Taiwan, their ethnic homeland; and the United States, the colonial force. Juxtaposing the concepts of diaspora and citizenship, this book offers an innovative framework to help us understand how diasporic subjects engage the politics of cultural and political belonging in a transnational context. It does so by examining the interaction between continually shifting geopolitical dynamics, as well as the maneuvers undertaken by diasporic people to negotiate and transform those conditions. In essence, this book explores the contingent citizenship experienced by diasporic Chinese and their efforts to imagine and construct "home" in diaspora."-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-240) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Chinese -- Panama -- History
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Chinese -- Panama -- Ethnic identity
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Chinese -- Foreign countries -- Ethnic identity
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Chinese -- Migrations -- History
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Transnationalism.
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Geopolitics.
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Nationalism -- Social aspects
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geopolitics.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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Chinese
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Chinese -- Ethnic identity
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Chinese -- Migrations
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Emigration and immigration
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Geopolitics
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Nationalism -- Social aspects
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Race relations
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Transnationalism
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Chinois -- Panama -- Histoire.
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Chinois -- Panama -- Identité collective.
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Chinois -- Migrations.
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Transnationalisme.
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China -- Emigration and immigration -- History
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Panama -- Race relations
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China
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Panama
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Panama
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Chine -- Émigration et immigration -- Histoire.
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Panama -- Relations interethniques.
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Chinesen.
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
142941605X |
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9781429416054 |
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9780804753029 |
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0804753024 |
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