Southeast Asian Migration: People on the Move in Search of Work, Marriage & Refuge: People on the Move in Search of Work, Marriage and Refuge (The Sussex Library of Asian & Asian American Studies) - Hardcover

Khatharya Um

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1845196651 ISBN 13: 9781845196653

Publisher: Sussex Academic Press (UK), 2015

Synopsis

Southeast Asia has long been a crossroad of cultural influence and transnational movement, but the massive migration of Southeast Asians throughout the world in recent decades is historically unprecedented. Dispersal, compelled by economic circumstance, political turmoil, and war, engenders personal, familial, and spiritual dislocation, and provokes a questioning of identity and belonging. This volume features original works by scholars from Asia, America, and Europe that highlight these trends and perspectives on Southeast Asian migration within and beyond the Asia-Pacific region. Adopting an interdisciplinary approach -- with contributions from sociology, political science, anthropology, and history -- and anchored in empirical case studies from various Southeast Asian countries, it extends the scope of inquiry beyond the economic concerns of migration, and beyond a single country source or destination, and disciplinary focus. Analytic focus is placed on the forces and factors that shape migration trajectories and migrant incorporation experiences in Asia and Europe; the impact of migration and immigration status on individuals, families, and institutions, on questions of equity, inclusion, and identity; and the triangulated relationships between diasporic communities, the sending and receiving countries. Of particular importance is the scholarly attention to lesser known populations and issues such as Vietnamese in Poland, children and the 1.5 generation immigrants, health and mental consequences of state sponsored violence and protracted encampment, ethnic media, and the challenges of both transnational parenting and family reunification. In examining the complex and creative negotiations that immigrants engage locally and transnationally in their daily lives, it foregrounds immigrant resilience in the strategies they adopt not only to survive but thrive in displacement.

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About the Author:

Khatharya Um is Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies and Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. She has published extensively on Southeast Asia and on refugee communities. Sofia Gaspar is Assistant Professor of Sociology at ISCSP-ULisboa, Portugal. She has published numerous articles on migration, bi-national marriages and transnational families.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sussex Academic Press (UK)
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1845196651
• ISBN 13: 9781845196653
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 256