Living Intersections: Transnational Migrant Identifications in Asia

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Theorizing and Proving Intersectionality in Transnational Contexts....Pages 1-16
Front Matter....Pages 17-17
A Returnee’s Hybridity: Its Upside and Downside....Pages 19-35
Theorizing Immigrant Family Adaptation, Maladaptation, and Poverty: New Arrivals in Hong Kong from Mainland China....Pages 37-51
Class, Migration, and Identity in a Philippine Village....Pages 53-70
Front Matter....Pages 71-71
Social Strain and the Adaptive Behavior of Hong Kong Return Migrants....Pages 73-99
The Role of the State in Transnational Migrant Identity Formation: A “Uniquely Singapore” Experience?....Pages 101-122
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Chinese-Singaporean Repeat Migrant Women: Transnational Positions and Social Inequalities....Pages 125-147
Transnational Motherhood in the Making of Global Kids: South Korean Educational Migrants in Singapore....Pages 149-166
Becoming New Overseas Chinese: Transnational Practices and Identity Construction Among the Chinese Migrants in Japan....Pages 167-190
Front Matter....Pages 191-191
Identifying the Periphery: Challenging Citizenship, Nationality, and Identity on the Ogasawara Islands....Pages 193-211
Brokers of Nostalgia: Shan Migrant Public Spheres in Chiang Mai, Thailand....Pages 213-234
Identities and Decentered Transnational Linkages: Return Migrants in Hong Kong....Pages 235-257
Living in the Intersections of Cultures, Societies, Emotions, Politics, and Economies: Deterritorializing Culture....Pages 259-271
Back Matter....Pages 273-279