Memories of a Future Home: Diasporic Citizenship of Chinese in PanamaWhile 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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... past and present significance , the trick is to try to fathom what it is that a particular landscape ( or place ] may be called upon to ' say , ' and what , through saying , it may be called upon to ' do ' ” ( Basso 1988 , 102 ) .
... past and present significance , the trick is to try to fathom what it is that a particular landscape ( or place ] may be called upon to ' say , ' and what , through saying , it may be called upon to ' do ' ” ( Basso 1988 , 102 ) .
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According to Marco's grandmother , this great - grandmother was called Maria Cheng . She laughed , explaining : " Back then , almost all the ladies were called Maria . They each had different Chinese names , but their Spanish names were ...
According to Marco's grandmother , this great - grandmother was called Maria Cheng . She laughed , explaining : " Back then , almost all the ladies were called Maria . They each had different Chinese names , but their Spanish names were ...
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A week later , I called to request an interview , and he graciously invited me to his home . Felipe lives in an upper - middle - class neighborhood of Panama City . The view from his tenth - floor condominium is stunning , with the ...
A week later , I called to request an interview , and he graciously invited me to his home . Felipe lives in an upper - middle - class neighborhood of Panama City . The view from his tenth - floor condominium is stunning , with the ...
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Diasporic Citizenship I | 1 |
The Social History | 33 |
Contesting Nationalism | 54 |
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Memories of a Future Home: Diasporic Citizenship of Chinese in Panama Lok Siu Previzualizare limitată - 2007 |
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