Asian Diasporas

Asian DiasporasAsian diasporas are all too often seen in terms of settlement problems in a host nation, where the focus is on issues of crime, housing, employment, racism and related concerns. The essays in this volume view Asian diasporic movements in the context of globalization and global citizenship, in which multiple cultural allegiances, influences and claims together create complex negotiations of identity. Examining a range of cultural documents through

Birdalone is raised to be a servant until

Bosbury is an agricultural parish

from the Foreword of In the Hamptons Too

The Jewish philosophers covered include Spinoza

As the notorious leader of the American anarchist movement

and Roland Barthes-each experienced at one point in his or her life a deep dissatisfaction with modern European values

“The Warden

no chasms to be bridged

transcendence—which best illuminate the distinctive characters of the two cultures

protoscientific beliefs on the intrinsic harmony of the cosmos

but also on the ways in which practitioners formulate their methodologies

The ten stories of The Grain Ship showcase Robertson’s skill for yarn-spinning while benefitting from his experience as a merchant sailor