| Precarious Belongings: Affect and Nationalism in Asia Contributor(s): Wang, Chih-Ming (Editor), Goh, Daniel Ps (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1786602245 ISBN-13: 9781786602244 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $168.30 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Political Ideologies - Nationalism & Patriotism - Political Science | World - Asian - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 320.540 |
| LCCN: 2017007938 |
| Series: Asian Cultural Studies: Transnational and Dialogic Approache |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.25 lbs) 258 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In the midst of refugee crises, terrorist attacks and territorial disputes across the globe, nationalism remains a powerful force in generating affects of inclusion and exclusion. In Asia, inter-Asian migration, enabled and disrupted by a history of colonialism, capitalist globalization and political conflicts, has rendered the idea of nation as both politically distinct and culturally malleable. Precarious Belongings: Affect and Nationalism in Asia explores the affective politics of Asian nationalism by addressing the entwined structures of precarious belonging and national feelings. Bringing together leading scholars it looks at how the reification of nationalism in social movements, popular sentiments, online groups, and cultural representation directs hatred towards migrant and minority groups across Asia. The book posits that nationalist affects are embedded in the politics of exclusion, and seeks to make room for precarious belongings in the transnational and multicultural present. It should be of interest to students and scholars interested in Asian Cultural Studies, transnationalism, migration and nationalism. |
Contributor Bio(s): Goh, Daniel Ps: - Daniel PS Goh is Associate Professor at the Department of Sociology at National University of Singapore, and the Convener of Cultural Studies Minor and Cultural Studies in Asia PhD Programme. He is the editor of Worlding Multiculturalisms (Routledge, 2015), and co-editor of Race and Multiculturalism in Malaysia and Singapore (Routledge, 2009).Wang, Chih-Ming: - Chih-ming Wang is Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of European and American Studies, Academia Sinica. He is the author of Transpacific Articulations: Student Migration and the Remaking of Asian America (University of Hawaii Press, 2013), and guest-editor of the "Asian American Studies in Asia" special issue of Inter-Asia Cultural Studies (2012). |