Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction: Asian Diasporas- New Conceptions, New Frameworks 1
5. 1 Latin America in Asia-Pacific Perspective 29
6. 2 Filipino Sea Men: Identity and Masculinity in a Global Labor Niche 63
7. 3 "My Mother Fell in Love with My-Xufm First": Arranging "Traditional" Marriages Across the Diaspora 85
8. 4 The Queen of the Chinese Colony: Contesting Nationalism, Engendering Diaspora 105
9. 5 Ritual in Diaspora: Pedagogy and Practice Among Hindus and Muslims in Trinidad 141
10. 6 "Our Flavour Is Greater" 161
11. 7 Asian Bodies Out of Control: Examining the Adopted Korean Existence 177
12. 8 Diasporic Politics and the Globalizing of America: Korean Immigrant Nationalism and the 1919 Philadelphia Korean Congress 201
13. 9 When Minorities Migrate: The Racialization of the Japanese Brazilians in Brazil and Japan 225
14. 10 Legal Servitude and Free Illegality: Migrant "Guest" Workers in Taiwan 253
15. COMMENTARIES
16. 11 Asian Diasporas, and Yet ... 279
17. 12 Beyond "Asian Diasporas" 285
18. List of Contributors 291
19. Index 295