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Asian Diasporas - by Rhacel S Parreñas & Lok C D Siu (Paperback)

Asian Diasporas - by  Rhacel S Parreñas & Lok C D Siu (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This collection of essays examines the worldwide dispersal of Asian populations and links these seemingly disparate movements through the category of Asian diasporas.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>This collection of essays examines the worldwide dispersal of Asian populations and links these seemingly disparate movements through the category of Asian diasporas.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><i>Asian Diasporas</i> skillfully integrates diverse perspectives from Asian Studies and Asian American Studies into a coherent theme to illuminate sensible understandings of how people of diverse Asian origins experience, imagine, and interpret diasporas across geographical and social spaces in the globalized world.--Min Zhou, University of California<br><br>Illustrating seemingly porous global borders, <i>Asian Diasporas</i> is a timely collection of rich, well-researched chapters on the lives and experiences of people originating from Asia...--<i>Journal of International Migration and Integration</i><br><br>Rhacel Parrenas and Lok Siu have created an anthology that bridges diaspora, Asian and Asian American Studies. This is a difficult task, given the range of topics and tensions possible, yet this anthology has engaged with the key debates in the field and enhanced the conversation in extremely fruitful ways. <i>Asian Diasporas</i> is required reading for many disciplines and fields interested in theorizing subjectivities formed out of migration and dispersions.--Inderpal Grewal, University of California<br><br>The essays reflect a high level of professional skill... the writing is clear and unpretentious, and the scholarship is solid.... These are, simply, very bright and professional scholars doing excellent scholarly work.--Paul Spickard "Journal of American Ethnic History"<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Rhacel S. Parreñas is Professor of Asian American Studies at the University of California, Davis. She is the author of <i>Servants of Globalization</i> (Stanford, 2001) and <i>Children of Global Migration</i> (Stanford, 2005). Lok C. D. Siu is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University. She is the author of <i>Memories of a Future Home</i> (Stanford, 2005).

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