Routledge Handbook of Asian Transnationalism

<p><em>This handbook</em> presents cutting-edge research on Asian transnationalism written by experts in the areas of migration, diaspora, ethnicity, gender, language, education, politics, media, art, popular culture and literature from diverse theoretical and methodological perspectives.</p><p>The Asian region not only constitutes one of the largest diasporic populations in the world but also the most diversified diasporas in terms of their historical trajectories of emigration, geographical spread, economic and political strength, socio-cultural integration in the host country and transnational engagement with the homeland. Divided thematically into six broad sections, the chapters in this handbook critically discuss and debate some of the pertinent issues of Asian transnationalism:</p><ul> <p> </p> <li>Contextualizing Asian Transnationalism</li> <p> </p> <li>Transnationalism and Socio-Cultural Identities</li> <p> </p> <li>Transnationalism, Education and Infrastructure</li> <p> </p> <li>Transnationalism, Gender and Development</li> <p> </p> <li>Transnationalism and Dynamics of Diasporic Politics</li> <p> </p> <li>Transnationalism, Art and Media</li> </ul><p>The Routledge Handbook of Asian Transnationalism will be an invaluable resource for academics, researchers and students interested in the study of international migration, Asian diaspora and transnationalism.</p><p>Chapter 29 of this book is available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product page at www.routledge.com. It has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.</p> <p><i>List of Figures</i></p><p>List of Tables</p><p>List of Contributors</p><p>Acknowledgements</p><p>Introduction. Asian Transnationalism</p><p><i>Ajaya K. Sahoo</i></p><p>PART I. Contextualizing Asian Transnationalism</p><p>1. Transnationalism, Activism and Civil Society in Japan</p><p>Simon Avenell</p><p>2. Tracing Hmong/Miao Diasporic Circuits and Transcultural Engagements</p><p>Louisa Schein and Chia Youyee Vang</p><p>3. A Historical Materialist Approach to Transnational Japanese Studies</p><p>Suma Ikeuchi</p><p>4. South Asians in the New World: Hindoos, Coolies and Model Minorities</p><p>Indira Karamcheti</p><p>5. Shifting Identities in Northeastern Cambodia: From Slaves to Indigenous Peoples</p><p>Ian G. Baird</p><p><b>PART II. Transnationalism and Socio-Cultural Identities</b></p><p>6. Transnational Spirits and Cultural Identity: A Case Study of Vietnamese Diasporic Communities in San Jose City, USA and Jingdao Island, China</p><p>Nguyen Thi Hien</p><p>7. The Thaipusam Festival in Malaysia: On Ritual Polytropy</p><p>Teo Sue Ann</p><p>8. Japanese American and Okinawan American Transnationalism in Hawai‘i and the Continental United States</p><p>Jonathan Y. Okamura</p><p>9. Folklore in the Making of Chinese American Identity</p><p>Juwen Zhang</p><p>10. Commodifying Transnationalism for the General Audience</p><p>Minh X. Nguyen</p><p><b>PART III. Transnationalism, Education and Infrastructure</b></p><p>11. Indonesian Transnational Identity and Migration Journey: Education and the Lack Thereof</p><p>Agustian Sutrisno and Yoga Prasetyo</p><p>12. School Alumni, Transnationalism and Asian Diaspora: An Unexplored Potential for Researchers</p><p>Niranjan Casinader, Howard Prosser, Fiona Longmuir and Peter van Cuylenburg</p><p>13. Infrastructuring Student Mobilities in Asia</p><p>Yi’En Cheng</p><p>14. Australia-India Student Mobility and Performances of Transnationalism</p><p>Michele Lobo, Anna Kent and David Lowe</p><p>15. Chinese Transnational Student Mobilities and Experiences in Canada: Gendering the Student-Migrant Narrative</p><p>Amrita Hari and Chen Wang-Dufil</p><p>PART IV. Transnationalism, Gender and Development</p><p>16. Everyday Transnational Lives of Uzbek Migrants in Russia: A Socio-Legal Perspective</p><p>Rustamjon Urinboyev and Sherzod Eraliev</p><p>17. Domestic Violence in Diasporic Asian and Pacific Islander Immigrant Populations in the United States</p><p>Stewart Chang</p><p>18. Performance As/Is Care in the Transnational Space: Caring at a Distance and in Proximity</p><p>Peilin Liang</p><p>19. Writing the "Other" NRIs through a Transnational Lens in <i>Goat Days</i> and <i>Painting Kuwait Violet</i> </p><p>Sukanya Gupta</p><p>20. Migration, Transnationalism and Development: The Case of Indonesian Diaspora</p><p>Azlan Tajuddin</p><p>PART V. Transnationalism and Dynamics of Diasporic Politics</p><p>21. Race, Anxiety and Shopping in the Australian Outback: Indian Hawkers and Victoria’s 1884 Smallpox Outbreak</p><p>Arunima Datta</p><p>22. Papering Over Racial Capitalism: Anticolonial Newspapers and Gujarati Merchants in Colonial Mauritius</p><p>Ketaki Pant</p><p>23. Governing the Kazakh Diaspora: Kazakhstan’s Evolving Policies and Institutions towards Kazakhs Abroad</p><p>Işık Kuşçu-Bonnenfant</p><p>24. Political Participation and Representation of South Asian and Chinese Canadians: Evidence from the Greater Toronto Area</p><p>Shuguang Wang</p><p>25. Migration, Transnationalism and Citizenship in Kyrgyzstan</p><p>Vanessa Ruget</p><p><b>PART VI. Transnationalism, Art and Media</b></p><p>26. Tibetan Self-Immolation in the Art of Tenzing Rigdol</p><p>Sarah Magnatta</p><p>27. Transnational Dialogues and Contemporary Art in Japan: "Missing Pieces"</p><p>Rebecca Jennison and Cynthea J. Bogel</p><p>28. Contemporary Film Culture and Convergence: Cinemediated Solidarity</p><p>Anne Ciecko</p><p>29. K-pop Trans/Nationalism</p><p>Kyong Yoon</p><p>30. Asian Youth and Resistance in Transnational Media</p><p>Veluree Metaveevinij</p>