Southeast Asian migration : people on the move in search of work, refuge, and belonging

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. "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. 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 those in 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. 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"-- ǂc Provided by publisher Front Cover Title Page Copyright Contents Preface by Series Editor Mina Roces Acknowledgements Southeast Asian Migration: An Introduction: Sofia Gaspar and Khatharya Um 1 Growing up in a Transnational Family: Experiences of Family Separation and Reunification of Filipino Migrants’ Children in Italy: Itaru Nagasaka 2 Single or Chimeric Ethnic Identity? Self-Identifications of 1.5 Generation Filipinos in France: Asuncion Fresnoza-Flot 3 Intergenerational Conflicts in Vietnamese Families in Poland Grazyna Szymanska-Matusiewicz 4 Transforming Intimate Spheres and Incorporating New Power Relationships: Religious Conversions of Filipino Workers in the United Arab Emirates: Akiko Watanabe and Naomi Hosoda 5 Negotiating Transnational Belonging: The Filipino Channel, “Global Filipinos,” and Filipino American Audiences: Ethel Regis Lu 6 Children of Hmong Refugees from Laos: Transnational Lives and the Politics of Negotiating Place: Chia Youyee Vang 7 Unseen: Undocumented Cambodian Migrant Workers in Thailand: Sary Seng 8 The Marginalization and Mental Health of the Politically Displaced: A Review from the Thai–Myanmar Border: Andrew George Lim 9 Crossing Borders: Citizenship, Identity and Transnational Activism in the Cambodian Diaspora: Khatharya Um The Editors and Contributors Index Back Cover Southeast Asian Migration : an introduction, by Sofia Gaspar and Khatharya Um Growing up in a transnational family : experiences of family separation and reunification of Filipino migrants' children in Italy, by Itaru Nagasaka Single or Chimeric Ethnic Identity? : self-identifications of 1.5 generation Filipinos in France, by Asuncion Fresnoza-Flot Intergenerational Conflicts in Vietnamese Families in Poland, by Grazyna Szymanska-Matusiewicz Children of Hmong Refugees from Laos : Transnational Lives and the Politics of Negotiating Place, by Chia Youyee Vang Transforming Intimate Spheres and Incorporating New Power Relationships : Religious Conversions of Filipino Workers in the United Arab Emirates, by Akiko Watanabe and Naomi Hosoda Negotiating Transnational Belonging : The Filipino Channel, "Global Filipinos," and Filipino American Audiences, by Ethel Regis Lu Unseen : Undocumented Cambodian Migrant Workers in Thailand, by Sary Seng The Marginalization and Mental Health of the Politically Displaced : A Review from the Thai-Myanmar Border, by Andrew George Lim Crossing Borders : Citizenship, Identity and Transnational Activism in the Cambodian Diaspora, by Khatharya Um.