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The Vietnamese Diaspora in a Transnational Context
Contested Spaces, Contested Narratives
Series: - Transnational Migration and Education, Volume: 7
The Vietnamese diaspora is now a truly global diaspora. This collection, one of the first of its kind, traces the Vietnamese diasporaâs multifaceted roots in late 19th and early 20th century French colonialism, the end of the War in Vietnam, and economic migrations to fellow communist states in the 1970s and 1980s. Out of these migrations, Vietnamese communities have now formed in many of the major immigrant receiving countries around the world.
This collection traces the connection between the historically traumatic forms of dispersal from Vietnam and todays transnational Vietnamese communities. It considers questions about how conditions of exit from Vietnam shape Vietnamese diaspora identities and patterns of settlement and economic integration. It also addresses questions of how memory politics shape the ways in which various segments of the Vietnamese diaspora engage with contemporary Vietnam, and shape what is now an intergenerational diaspora.
Contributors are: Tamsin Barber, Gisele Bousquet, Tuan Hoang, Gertrude Hüwelmeier, C. N. Le, Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen, Vic Satzewich, Ivan Small, Grażyna SzymaÅska-Matusiewicz and Anna Vu.
This collection traces the connection between the historically traumatic forms of dispersal from Vietnam and todays transnational Vietnamese communities. It considers questions about how conditions of exit from Vietnam shape Vietnamese diaspora identities and patterns of settlement and economic integration. It also addresses questions of how memory politics shape the ways in which various segments of the Vietnamese diaspora engage with contemporary Vietnam, and shape what is now an intergenerational diaspora.
Contributors are: Tamsin Barber, Gisele Bousquet, Tuan Hoang, Gertrude Hüwelmeier, C. N. Le, Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen, Vic Satzewich, Ivan Small, Grażyna SzymaÅska-Matusiewicz and Anna Vu.
Anna Vu is a sociologist from Montreal, Canada. Her research focuses on various aspects of the Vietnamese diaspora experience, both in Canada and globally. She has published articles on diaspora politics and identity formation, collective trauma and memory and commemoration. Her current project examines the issue of labour precarity in the Vietnamese nail salon industry.
Vic Satzewich is Professor of Sociology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. He is past president of the Canadian Sociological Association. His most recent books include Points of Entry: How Canadaâs Immigration Officers Decide Who Gets In(University of British Columbia Press, 2015) and âRaceâ and Ethnicity in Canada: A Critical Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2021).
Vic Satzewich is Professor of Sociology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. He is past president of the Canadian Sociological Association. His most recent books include Points of Entry: How Canadaâs Immigration Officers Decide Who Gets In(University of British Columbia Press, 2015) and âRaceâ and Ethnicity in Canada: A Critical Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2021).
Acknowledgements
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
â Anna Vu and Vic Satzewich
1 Negotiating Identities: The 1964 Return of the Francophone Polynesian Vietnamese to Vietnam
â Gisele Bousquet
2 Social Mobility and the Meaning of Freedom among Vietnamese Refugees and Immigrants
â Tuan Hoang
3 Belonging in the UK Vietnamese Community: Second-Generation Experiences
â Tamsin Barber
4 The Politics of Remembering: Intergenerational Tensions in the Vietnamese Diaspora
â Anna Vu
5 Transnational Vietnamese: Germany and Beyond
â Gertrud Hüwelmeier
6 Pro-Democracy Activism in the Vietnamese Diaspora: Transgressing Cold WarâEra Divisions in the Era of Social Media
â Grażyna SzymaÅska-Matusiewicz
7 Capitalist Lack: Vietnamese American Remittances as Cultural Supplement and Political Critique
â Ivan V. Small
8 Traditional Characteristics and New Dimensions: Vietnamese American Self-Employment in the Twenty-First Century
â C. N. Le
9 The Price of Nailing It: Emotional Labour in the Nail Salon Industry
â Anna Vu
10 Vietnamese Women in the Australian Defence Force: Minorities, Histories and Cultural Heritage
â Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen
Index
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
â Anna Vu and Vic Satzewich
1 Negotiating Identities: The 1964 Return of the Francophone Polynesian Vietnamese to Vietnam
â Gisele Bousquet
2 Social Mobility and the Meaning of Freedom among Vietnamese Refugees and Immigrants
â Tuan Hoang
3 Belonging in the UK Vietnamese Community: Second-Generation Experiences
â Tamsin Barber
4 The Politics of Remembering: Intergenerational Tensions in the Vietnamese Diaspora
â Anna Vu
5 Transnational Vietnamese: Germany and Beyond
â Gertrud Hüwelmeier
6 Pro-Democracy Activism in the Vietnamese Diaspora: Transgressing Cold WarâEra Divisions in the Era of Social Media
â Grażyna SzymaÅska-Matusiewicz
7 Capitalist Lack: Vietnamese American Remittances as Cultural Supplement and Political Critique
â Ivan V. Small
8 Traditional Characteristics and New Dimensions: Vietnamese American Self-Employment in the Twenty-First Century
â C. N. Le
9 The Price of Nailing It: Emotional Labour in the Nail Salon Industry
â Anna Vu
10 Vietnamese Women in the Australian Defence Force: Minorities, Histories and Cultural Heritage
â Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen
Index
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