Routledge Handbook of Asian Diaspora and Nationalism

Ajaya K. Sahoo is Professor and Head of the Centre for Study of Indian Diaspora, University of Hyderabad, India. His teaching and research interests include immigration, diaspora, ethnicity, religion, and transnationalism. He is the editor of the Journal of South Asian Diaspora, published by Taylor and Francis.

"Covering such a large region and wide array of topics was always going to be difficult, but the editor and his twenty-three contributors have risen to the challenge with great élan. It is impossible to praise everyone, but the chapters on youth nationalism are particularly notable. This volume will provide a rich resource for many scholars."-- Professor Robin Cohen, University of Oxford, United Kingdom"This timely and insightful volume is an essential resource for students and researchers exploring nationalism, migration, and transnationalism. By examining Asian diasporas in the context of rising nationalisms, it offers a nuanced understanding of identity, belonging, and digital engagement across borders. A vital contribution to diaspora and global studies."-- Professor Marie Gillespie, The Open University, United Kingdom"This is an important collection that brings together illuminating and careful analyses from different academic disciplines to help us understand the complexity of national and transnational processes in a rapidly globalizing world. The focus on Asian diasporas is particularly important as power shifts from the Global North to the Global South, where the Asian region is playing an increasingly crucial role."-- Professor John Eade, University of Roehampton, United Kingdom"This handbook offers a very rich compilation of case studies on various Asian diasporas and their politics, identities, and specific episodes, during which they have been mobilized or tend to self-mobilize. For anybody interested in Asian diasporas, this handbook is not to be missed."-- Professor Antje Missbach, Bielefeld University, Germany "This volume thoughtfully explores the complex intersections between diaspora and nationalism through rich case studies of Asian communities. By focusing on homeland politics, cultural expression, and ethno-nationalism, it offers a grounded and multifaceted view of how diasporic identities are shaped, negotiated, and mobilized across time and space."-- Professor Bosmat Yefet, Ariel University, Israel

• Introduction: Asian Diasporic NationalismPart-I: Historicizing Diasporic Nationalism1. The Diasporic Dilemmas of Korean Immigrant Nationalism, 1905-19452. The Making of the Overseas Filipino: Global Migrations and Nationhood in Philippine History3. Anticommunist Nationalism in the Vietnamese Diaspora4. Remembering 1971: Contested Nationalisms, Memories and Identities in the British Bangladeshi Diaspora5. Chinese Diaspora and TransnationalismPart-II: Diasporic Nationalism and Homeland Politics6. Migration and Political Elite Formation in Lebanon7. Chinese Diaspora, Diasporic Nationalism, and Diaspora Engagement8. Revolutionizing Bangladesh from afar: ‘Londoni’ Long-distance Nationalists and the July Revolution9. The Filipino Diaspora: Agents of Change or Guardians of Tradition in the Homeland?10. New Dimensions of Syrian Armenian Diasporas in Armenia and Australia11. Engagement with Expectations: Institutionalization and Challenges of Turkey’s Diaspora PolicyPart-III: Diaspora and Cultural Nationalism12. Nationalism “Back Home” and Diasporicity: Japanese Modern Overseas Migration and Representations of the Japanese Diaspora in Television Drama Series13. Youth Resilience and Nationalism in the Indonesian Diaspora: Overcoming Challenges and Preserving Culture14. Reclaiming the Narrative of Hindu Pluralism15. A Diaspora Under Two Flags: Buddhism and Politics in Europe’s “Little Hanois” and “Little Saigons”16. Rethinking Nationalism and the Discourse of Preservation through Music Education in a Cambodian American Community17. Diaspora, Music, and Trans-nationalism: Echoes of Indian Heritage in the CaribbeanPart-IV: Diaspora and Ethnonationalism18. Immigrant Identities in Ethno-nationalist Japan: Generational Changes, Racial Mixing, and Future Direction19. WeChat and the Politics of Trans/Nationalism: Chinese-Australians during Covid-1920. Managing Diasporic Returns: Contrasting Approaches to Peoplehood and Returnee Integration in Japan and Korea21. Contemporary Nationalisms in Korea22. The Complexity of Transnationalism in the British-Bangladeshi Diaspora23. Homeland Nationalism amongst the Nepali Diasporas