Communities across Borders: New Immigrants and Transnational Cultures (Transnationalism. Routledge Research in Transnationalism, 5)

Communities across Borders examines the many ways in which national, ethnic or religious groups, professions, businesses and cultures are becoming increasingly tangled together. It show how this entanglement is the result of the vast flows of people, meanings, goods and money that now migrate between countries and world regions. Now the effectiveness and significance of electronic technologies for interpersonal communication (including cyber-communities and the interconnectedness of the global world economy) simultaneously empowers even the poorest people to forge effective cultures stretching national borders, and compels many to do so to escape injustice and deprivation. Transnationalism In A Global Age / Paul Kennedy, Victor Roudometof -- Migrant Communities And Class : Croatians In Western Australia / Val Colic-peisker -- Greek Americans And Transnationalism : Religion, Class And Community / Victor Roudometof, Anna Karpathakis -- Emergent Diaspora Or Immigrant Communities? Turkish Immigrants In The Netherlands / Hans Van Amersfoort, Jeroen Doomernik -- Boundaries Of Diaspora Identity : The Case Of Central And East African-asians In Canada / Kim C. Matthews -- Transnational Expansion Of 'class Struggle' And The Mediation Of Sport In Diaspora : The World Cup And Iranian Exiles / Manuchehr Sanadjian -- Bringing It All (back) Home : Italian-canadians' Remaking Of Canadian History / Anne-marie Fortier -- Cieszyn Silesia : A Transnational Community Under Reconstruction / Marian Kempny -- Global Industries And Local Agents : Becoming A World-class Manager In The Mexico-usa Border Region / Oscar Contreras, Martin Kenney -- Punk And Globalization : Mexico City And Toronto / Alan O'connor -- Navigations : Visual Identities And The Pacific Cultural Subject / Elizabeth Grierson -- Home Away From Home? Transnationalism And The Canadian Citizenship Regime / Lloyd L. Wong. Edited By Paul Kennedy And Victor Roudometof. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [182]-199) And Index. Book Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Contents......Page 5 List of contributors......Page 12 Acknowledgement......Page 16 Preface......Page 17 Transnationalism in a global age......Page 18 New immigrants......Page 44 Migrant communities and class: Croatians in Western Australia......Page 46 Greek Americans and transnationalism: religion, class and community......Page 58 Emergent diaspora or immigrant communities? Turkish immigrants in the Netherlands......Page 72 Boundaries of diaspora identity: the case of Central and East African Asians in Canada......Page 85 Transnational expansion of 'class struggle' and the mediation of sport in diaspora: the World Cup and Iranian exiles......Page 100 Transnational cultures......Page 118 Bringing it all (back) home: Italian Canadians' remaking of Canadian history......Page 120 Cieszyn Silesia: a transnational community under reconstruction......Page 133 Global industries and local agents: becoming a world-class manager in the Mexico USA border region......Page 146 Punk and globalization: Mexico City and Toronto......Page 160 Navigations: visual identities and the Pacific cultural subject......Page 173 Home away from home? Transnationalism and the Canadian citizenship regime......Page 186 Bibliography......Page 199 Index......Page 217 Communities across Borders examines the many ways in which national, ethnic or religious groups, professions, businesses and cultures are becoming increasingly tangled together. This is as a result of the vast flows of people, meanings, goods and money that now migrate between countries and world regions. Now the effectiveness and significance of electronic technologies for interpersonal communication (including cyber-communities and the interconnectedness of the global world economy) simultaneously empowers even the poorest people to forge effective cultures stretching national borders, and compels many to do so to escape injustice and deprivation. [publisher] This collection of readings endeavours to extend the frontiers of our understanding concerning the increasing significance of transnationalism in national and global life. This book examines the ways in which national, ethnic or religious groups, professions, businesses and cultures are becoming increasingly tangled together