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We seek participants for the following session to be held at the Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting, March 31st-April 5, 2011 in Hawai'i. The DEADLINE for submissions in August 5th, please contact us as soon as possible.
Topics for papers could include: 1) the intersection of queer diasporas and the politics of race 2) the criminalization of 'Asian' groups in North America, 3) the location of area and ethnicity in postcolonial studies, 4) contemporary politics of multiculturalism and the question of Asia 5) region and diaspora
What is the 'Asian' in Asian Diasporas?
The term diaspora has been much studied and refined over the past decade or more. Studies of diasporic communities in North America, the Caribbean, Europe, and elsewhere have unpacked the complicated histories of imperial labor formations, postcolonial state politics, and proto- or anti-nationalist movements.Such studies have shown how race and locality produce the particular histories of diasporic populations and complicate political and social constructs. Yet, there has been considerably less attention paid to the techniques by which the racial, regional, and ethnic qualities of diaporas come into being. This panel will unpack the idea of 'Asian' diasporas. Papers will explore the politics and history, uses and performative impacts of 'Asian' diasporas. They ask, is 'Asian' synonymous with Chinese? Is it a capacious enough category to cross the borders between East, Central, and South Asia? And, what are the political and social histories, and the political and social effects of describing diasporas as 'Asian'? The panel will examine the 'Asian' in Asian diasporas in order to begin to tease out some of the unspoken assumptions that create areas within and beyond 'Asia'. Through these papers, the panelists will formulate genealogies of race, travel and the formation of diaspora studies.We seek participants for the following session to be held at the Association of Asian Studies Annual Meeting, March 31st-April 5, 2011 in Hawai'i. The DEADLINE for submissions in August 5th, please contact us as soon as possible.
Topics for papers could include: 1) the intersection of queer diasporas and the politics of race 2) the criminalization of 'Asian' groups in North America, 3) the location of area and ethnicity in postcolonial studies, 4) contemporary politics of multiculturalism and the question of Asia 5) region and diaspora
What is the 'Asian' in Asian Diasporas?
The term diaspora has been much studied and refined over the past decade or more. Studies of diasporic communities in North America, the Caribbean, Europe, and elsewhere have unpacked the complicated histories of imperial labor formations, postcolonial state politics, and proto- or anti-nationalist movements.Such studies have shown how race and locality produce the particular histories of diasporic populations and complicate political and social constructs. Yet, there has been considerably less attention paid to the techniques by which the racial, regional, and ethnic qualities of diaporas come into being. This panel will unpack the idea of 'Asian' diasporas. Papers will explore the politics and history, uses and performative impacts of 'Asian' diasporas. They ask, is 'Asian' synonymous with Chinese? Is it a capacious enough category to cross the borders between East, Central, and South Asia? And, what are the political and social histories, and the political and social effects of describing diasporas as 'Asian'? The panel will examine the 'Asian' in Asian diasporas in order to begin to tease out some of the unspoken assumptions that create areas within and beyond 'Asia'. Through these papers, the panelists will formulate genealogies of race, travel and the formation of diaspora studies.
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