Introduction: Diasporic Citizenship

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Preface xiii
5. Introduction: Diasporic Citizenship 1
6. 1 Prohibited Race / Ideal Citizens: The Social History and Background of the Chinese in Panama 33
7. 2 The Queen of the Chinese Colony: Contesting Nationalism, En-Gendering Diaspora 54
8. 3 Migration Stories: Serial Migration and the Production of Home and Identity in Diaspora 86
9. 4 Home at the Intersection of Nations: Between Panama, China, and the United States 113
10. 5 Immigrant Dreams and Nightmares: Remaking Community Amid New Migrations 136
11. 6 “Good-bye, Uncle Sam, Hello, Uncle Chang” Globalization, Diasporic Allegiance, and the China-Taiwan Conflict 164
12. Conclusion: Toward a Framework for the Study of Asians in the Americas 195
13. Epilogue “The Chinese Century”: Redefining Panamanian National Identity 209
14. Notes 215
15. References 227
16. Index 241