Memories of a Future Home: Diasporic Citizenship of Chinese in PanamaStanford University Press, 28 oct. 2005 - 270 pagini 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. |
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... Miss Honduras looked comfortable ... as if she owned [ the dance ] ... Miss Costa , on the other hand , needed more practice . ” If this category were meant to establish one's relationship with the nation , Miss Honduras seemed to ...
... Miss Honduras looked comfortable ... as if she owned [ the dance ] ... Miss Costa , on the other hand , needed more practice . ” If this category were meant to establish one's relationship with the nation , Miss Honduras seemed to ...
Pagina 72
... Miss Costa Rica had an advantage . She spoke fluent Cantonese and Mandarin , while it was clear that the others had learned specific phrases for the purpose of the contest . When intro- ducing herself , Miss Costa Rica spoke in Spanish ...
... Miss Costa Rica had an advantage . She spoke fluent Cantonese and Mandarin , while it was clear that the others had learned specific phrases for the purpose of the contest . When intro- ducing herself , Miss Costa Rica spoke in Spanish ...
Pagina 74
... Miss Honduras also understood the signifi- cance of communication , and her strategic performance of English ques- tioned the qualities associated with diasporic Chineseness . In play here were the complexities of geopolitics . By ...
... Miss Honduras also understood the signifi- cance of communication , and her strategic performance of English ques- tioned the qualities associated with diasporic Chineseness . In play here were the complexities of geopolitics . By ...
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Diasporic Citizenship I | 1 |
Background of the Chinese in Panama 33 | 37 |
Contesting Nationalism | 54 |
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