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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... Spanish and English or Spanish and Cantonese or Mandarin . A small trilingual minority tend to be either im- migrants from Hong Kong who arrived with English and Cantonese skills and acquired Spanish in Panama or mainland Chinese ...
... Spanish and English or Spanish and Cantonese or Mandarin . A small trilingual minority tend to be either im- migrants from Hong Kong who arrived with English and Cantonese skills and acquired Spanish in Panama or mainland Chinese ...
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... Spanish and spoke at least a few words in Cantonese . Not surprisingly , since most were Latin Amer- ican - born and / or raised , all of them spoke perfect Spanish . In the area of Chinese - language competency , Miss Costa Rica had an ...
... Spanish and spoke at least a few words in Cantonese . Not surprisingly , since most were Latin Amer- ican - born and / or raised , all of them spoke perfect Spanish . In the area of Chinese - language competency , Miss Costa Rica had an ...
Pagina 73
... Spanish , and Miss Honduras , who answered in Spanish and then in English . By displaying their ability to speak at least two languages , they performed and simultaneously af- firmed the value of biculturalism . Miss Costa Rica ...
... Spanish , and Miss Honduras , who answered in Spanish and then in English . By displaying their ability to speak at least two languages , they performed and simultaneously af- firmed the value of biculturalism . Miss Costa Rica ...
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Diasporic Citizenship I | 1 |
The Social History | 33 |
Contesting Nationalism | 54 |
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
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