Migration, immigration and emigration Books

Book SynopsisArgues that immigration was a defining feature of early-twentieth-century France. This book examines the political, cultural, and social issues implicated in public debates about immigration and national identity at the time.Trade Review“In this book, Camiscioli goes far beyond a skillful analysis of interwar immigration discourse and policies. . . . Camiscioli’s [argument is] smart, carefully constructed, thoroughly and widely documented. . .” - Brett A. Berliner, American Historical Review“Elisa Camiscioli’s Reproducing the French Race makes a significant contribution to the historiography of interwar France. It does so by integrating two fields that have too often been dealt with separately: gender andimmigration. . . . Beyond recasting the historiography of interwar France,Reproducing the French Race provides an important basis for comparing the mutual implication of sex and immigration in France today.” - Judith Surkis, H-France Review“Reproducing the French Race skillfully weaves together the discoursesof empire, corporeality, racialization, citizenship, and intimacy in a boldand innovative look at the foundational actions of republican citizenship,gendered identities, and the racial grammar of early twentieth-centuryFrance. Camicsioli’s command of the feminist scholarship aboutsexuality and empire renders the book accessible to non-Francophonespecialists, a welcome addition to our knowledge of the imperial roots ofcontemporary immigration.” - Michelle McKinley, Journal of Interdisciplinary History“Reproducing the French Race is well written and studiously argued. . . . Camiscioli’s work is worth reading and offers a cogent summary of the discursive origins of contemporary anti-immigration politics in France as well as the vitriolic debate over French national identity. . . . I recommend Camiscioli’s work as one of the more important studies of immigration and identity formation in early twentieth century France.” - James E. Genova, Left History“Elisa Camiscioli’s book is an intriguing examination of the importance of race and gender to late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century French anxieties about population decline and national degeneration. . . . On the whole, Reproducing the French Race is a careful, well documented, and persuasively argued investigation. . . . [I]nsightful contribution to the growing literature on French universalism.” - Naomi J. Andrews, Canadian Journal of History“Camiscioli’s Reproducing Empire offers a very rewarding and pithy illumination of race and sex and the anxieties they produced in the French Third Republic (1870–1940). It is an impressive work. . . . This book gives longevity and intellectual breadth and depth to acute contemporary debates about the French nation and its jealously-guarded identity.” - Patricia O’Brien, Journal of Women’s History“Reproducing the French Race is an original, insightful, and very important contribution to the historiography of twentieth-century France. One of the best explorations of the intersections between race, gender, and national identity that I have seen, it has no parallel in existing histories of modern France.”—Tyler Stovall, coeditor of The Color of Liberty: Histories of Race in France“Reproducing the French Race skillfully traces underlying connections among immigration, gender, and national identity in interwar France, while fundamentally refiguring seemingly settled scholarship on pronatalism and labor rationalization by demonstrating the still under-recognized centrality of race to them. Elisa Camiscioli has written an accomplished and ambitious work that integrates issues typically treated separately into an innovative argument about ‘embodiment’ that challenges conventional assumptions about French republicanism as essentially abstract and universal.”—Gary Wilder, author of The French Imperial Nation-State: Negritude and Colonial Humanism Between the Two World Wars“Reproducing the French Race is well written and studiously argued. . . . Camiscioli’s work is worth reading and offers a cogent summary of the discursive origins of contemporary anti-immigration politics in France as well as the vitriolic debate over French national identity. . . . I recommend Camiscioli’s work as one of the more important studies of immigration and identity formation in early twentieth century France.” -- James E. Genova * Left History *“Reproducing the French Race skillfully weaves together the discourses of empire, corporeality, racialization, citizenship, and intimacy in a bold and innovative look at the foundational actions of republican citizenship, gendered identities, and the racial grammar of early twentieth-century France. Camicsioli’s command of the feminist scholarship about sexuality and empire renders the book accessible to non-Francophone specialists, a welcome addition to our knowledge of the imperial roots of contemporary immigration.” -- Michelle McKinley * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *“Camiscioli’s Reproducing Empire offers a very rewarding and pithy illumination of race and sex and the anxieties they produced in the French Third Republic (1870–1940). It is an impressive work. . . . This book gives longevity and intellectual breadth and depth to acute contemporary debates about the French nation and its jealously-guarded identity.” -- Patricia O'Brien * Journal of Women's History *“Elisa Camiscioli’s book is an intriguing examination of the importance of race and gender to late-nineteenth- and early twentieth-century French anxieties about population decline and national degeneration. . . . On the whole, Reproducing the French Race is a careful, well documented, and persuasively argued investigation. . . . [I]nsightful contribution to the growing literature on French universalism.” -- Naomi J. Andrews * Canadian Journal of History *“Elisa Camiscioli’s Reproducing the French Race makes a significant contribution to the historiography of interwar France. It does so by integrating two fields that have too often been dealt with separately: gender and immigration. . . . Beyond recasting the historiography of interwar France, Reproducing the French Race provides an important basis for comparing the mutual implication of sex and immigration in France today.” -- Judith Surkis * H-France, H-Net Reviews *“In this book, Camiscioli goes far beyond a skillful analysis of interwar immigration discourse and policies. . . . Camiscioli’s [argument is] smart, carefully constructed, thoroughly and widely documented. . .” -- Brett A. Berliner * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Embodiment and the Nation 1 1. Immigration, Demography, and Pronatalism 21 2. Labor Power and the Racial Economy 51 3. Hybridity and Its Discontents 75 4. Black Migrants, White Slavery: Metissage in the Metropole and Abroad 99 5. Intermarriage, Independent Nationality, and Individual Rights 129 Conclusion. Gender, Race, and Republican Embodiment 155 Notes 161 Bibliography 197 Index 223

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Book SynopsisA critique of claims regarding the free movement of goods, people, services, and capital throughout Europe. It interrogates European discourses on free movement and a utopian unity-in-diversity in light of contemporary debates and practices in Europe, social and cultural theories, historical texts, media representations, and critical art projects.Trade Review“Tracking Europe is a very timely work that explores some of the most pertinent and problematic issues involved in thinking and rethinking Europe. The book’s merits lie in both the analyses and ethnographic details of specific sites in which Europe is constructed, from port-authority surveillance to tourism and institutionalized cities of culture, and in its critical appropriation of noted studies in the fields of cultural studies and migration studies, theories of travel, and the philosophy of belonging.”—Iain Chambers, author of Mediterranean Crossings: The Politics of an Interrupted Modernity“Tracking Europe is an important book, very relevant to current world affairs. Ginette Verstraete transposes political and economic issues into a critical space of engagement with culture and the arts in a theoretically innovative and lively manner.”—Caren Kaplan, author of Questions of Travel: Postmodern Discourses of DisplacementTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction. Mobility, Technology, and the Politics of Location in Europe 1 1. Heading for Europe: The Global Itinerary of an Idea 19 2. A Grand Tour through European Tourism 41 3. Europe in an Age of Digital Cultural Capitals 61 4. High-Tech Security, Mobility, and Migration 87 5. Diasporas in the B-Zones: Artistic Counterterritories 111 Notes 155 Bibliography & Filmography 181 Index 195

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Book SynopsisHow immigration influences the construction of family, identity, and community among Mexican Americans and migrants from MexicoTrade Review“I’m Neither Here nor There is a powerful, highly original ethnography about the complexities of the Mexican migrant and Mexican American population in the United States. By drawing primarily on work by scholars of color about people of color, Patricia Zavella decenters staid ways of understanding immigration, such as assimilation and the underclass models. Her use of the concepts of peripheral vision, double vision, and border thinking are particularly effective, as is her political-economic analysis of capitalism and neoliberalism in Santa Cruz County, California, and the poverty and challenges that they create for the area’s working poor.”—Lynn Stephen, author of Transborder Lives: Indigenous Oaxacans in Mexico, California, and Oregon“Among the most original and important contributions of I’m Neither Here nor There are: its focus on one California region, which helps us to see that migrants do not come to an undifferentiated ‘United States,’ but rather to specific locations with distinct regional economic and social dynamics; its sensitivity to gender and sexuality as key sites where social change gets registered in the lives of individuals; and its brilliant discussions of the popular music of Los Tigres del Norte, Quetzal, and Lila Downs as repositories of collective memory, sites of moral instruction, and mechanisms for calling old and new communities into being through performance. Patricia Zavella also makes clear the causes and consequences of residential density and overcrowding in immigrant communities, surely one of the most important but least understood features of contemporary immigrant life. I’m Neither Here nor There is an outstanding work that will be welcomed by specialists as well as general readers. It makes unique and valuable contributions to scholarship and civic life and presents an exemplary model of sophisticated and socially engaged research.”—George Lipsitz, author of How Racism Takes Place“This is the way ethnography should be written: with stories that entice, analysis that dazzles, and just the right mix of humor, music, and in-your-face dignidad. Border and migration studies will never be the same after Patricia Zavella’s impassioned new book, I’m Neither Here nor There.”—Matthew Gutmann, Brown University“I’m Neither Here nor There is a compelling examination of structures of difference, of becoming and belonging, and of forms of border thinking that map spatio-conceptual cosmos and the human integuments that hold them together through ‘transcommunal subjectivity.’... If only every book were as intellectually productive, ethically inspiring, and politically compelling.” -- Scott Catey * North American Dialogue *“Patricia Zavella’s timely I’m Neither Here Nor There serves as an example of a broadly accessible approach to the study of the working poor. Drawing from ethnographic fieldwork in central California, Zavella analyses the daily challenges encountered by Santa Cruz County’s Mexican migrants and Mexican Americans, with an eye towards issues of family, gender, sexuality and legal status.” -- Angela S. García * Ethnic and Racial Studies *“With detail and sensitivity, Zavella illustrates how changing gender roles and generational expectations are affecting and transforming Mexican diaspora communities as migrants create inventive strategies for survival…. Theoretically sophisticated yet written in an accessible style, this book is especially apropos for graduate courses dealing with themes of globalization, immigration, transnationalism, and border life and is also recommended for general readers interested in these themes.” -- Regina Marchi * American Ethnologist *“The breadth of Patricia Zavella’s I’m Neither Here Nor There is staggering.... It is undeniable that Zavella is a rigorous, experienced, and sophisticated ethnographer who has made a monumental and original contribution with I’m Neither Here Nor There.... [It] amplifies the words of marginalized people who 'cannot shout' (p. xii) yet justifiably 'eel entitled to dignity in exchange for their labor'(p. xi).” -- Chad Broughton * American Journal of Sociology *“Zavella’s book is an important read for scholars of migration, transnationalism, citizenship, and political economy, as well as those whose work engages gender, sexuality and race. While set in the US, Zavella’s conceptual frame and analysis can be a useful tool for Canadian scholars, particularly those working in the areas of migrant integration, immigration status and radicalized poverty.” -- Paloma E. Villegas * Labour/Le Travail *“I’m Neither Here nor There by Patricia Zavella is impassioned, nuanced, powerful, and politically compelling. Above all, it is stunningly comprehensive in a way that only a senior scholar who has wrestled with her own research and chewed on existing scholarship for years can deliver. In one way or another, I’m Neither Here nor There addresses virtually every issue facing migrants in the U.S. and does so with remarkable sophistication.” -- Steve Striffler * International Migration Review *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xv Introduction. The Mexican Diaspora in the United States 1 1. Crossings 25 2. Migrations 55 3. The Working Poor 89 4. Migrant Family Formations 123 5. The Divided Home 157 6. Transnational Cultural Memory 190 Epilogue 226 Appendix. Research Participants 233 Notes 239 References 281 Index 319

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Book SynopsisThis collection of twenty essays provides an integrated view of migration in North America—within and between Canada, the Caribbean, Mexico, and the United States—during the past two centuries.Trade Review“The introductory essay by Hoerder… is exemplary…. Replete with innovative maps, his account decries the ‘Westward ho’ trope of the continent’s migration history distilled into an advance of civilization from the Atlantic coast across the prairies, to the neglect of population movements in the northern and southern US borderlands and of trans-Pacific immigration.” - Population and Development Review“For such a large topic, each contributor does an excellent job of summarizing his or her field, and the book comes together to present a swirling depiction of relocating populations that is complex yet understandable…. Overall, it is a well-written, enlightening account of dozens of population movements across modern North America that puts together current scholarship on migration in an interesting, readable manner.” - Zachary Adams, Southwestern Historical Quarterly“The significance of creating scholarly dialogue between the ever-expanding fields of migration history in the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada, Central America, and the United States, not to mention studies of the southwestern borderlands, should not be overlooked. For scholars already well versed in current migration theory, this comparative aspect represents the volume’s greatest strength.” - Matthew Casey, Hispanic American Historical Review“Its most satisfying theme is the broad and varied challenge to traditional understandings of North American immigration experiences. By introducing under-studied immigrant groups, reversing directions in studies of immigrant travel, and otherwise forcing readers to reconsider various topics, this volume makes a strong statement…The various growing fields of transational history need scholarship that decentres the US-centric model and expands beyond borders, regions, directions, and peoples that have dominated this field of inquiry. This volume makes a strong contribution in that direction.” - Brendan Rensink, Canadian Journal of History“This collection achieves a feat of thematic and conceptual integration. It explores the demographic, socioeconomic, political, and symbolic role of migration in the formation of North American nations. Yet it transcends national borders and categories with examinations of the local, regional, borderlands, and hemispheric mobility of indigenous peoples, Asians, Europeans, Afro-descendants, Latinos, and Anglo- and French-Canadians, among other sub- and supra-national groups. The result is a combination of macro- and micro-perspectives that illuminates both the forest and the trees.”—José C. Moya, author of Cousins and Strangers: Spanish Immigrants in Buenos Aires, 1850–1930“This excellent collection is easily the best effort to date to interpret North American migrations. It takes seriously the inclusion of the Caribbean and Central America in its purview, successfully integrates analyses that range from the micro- to the macro-levels, and incorporates a long-term perspective that connects studies of ‘pre-historic’ Native America and the early-modern slave trade to modern studies of ‘immigration’ and ‘refugees.’ Best of all, it provides readers with a marvelous introduction to the ways that a North American perspective on human movement differs, often remarkably so, from the national perspectives developed within the historiographies of the United States, Canada, and Mexico.”—Donna R. Gabaccia, author of Immigration and American Diversity: A Social and Cultural History“For such a large topic, each contributor does an excellent job of summarizing his or her field, and the book comes together to present a swirling depiction of relocating populations that is complex yet understandable…. Overall, it is a well-written, enlightening account of dozens of population movements across modern North America that puts together current scholarship on migration in an interesting, readable manner.” -- Zachary Adams * Southwestern Historical Quarterly *“The introductory essay by Hoerder… is exemplary…. Replete with innovative maps, his account decries the ‘Westward ho’ trope of the continent’s migration history distilled into an advance of civilization from the Atlantic coast across the prairies, to the neglect of population movements in the northern and southern US borderlands and of trans-Pacific immigration.” * Population and Development Review *“The significance of creating scholarly dialogue between the ever-expanding fields of migration history in the Caribbean, Mexico, Canada, Central America, and the United States, not to mention studies of the southwestern borderlands, should not be overlooked. For scholars already well versed in current migration theory, this comparative aspect represents the volume’s greatest strength.” -- Matthew Casey * Hispanic American Historical Review *Table of ContentsList of Maps xi Preface / Dirk Hoerder and Nora Faires xiii Introduction. Migration, People's Lives, Shifting and Permeable Borders: The North American and Caribbean Societies in the Atlantic World / Dirk Hoerder 1 Part I. Intersocietal Migrations 1. Mirando atrás: Mexican Immigration from 1876 to 2000 / Jaime R. Aguila and Brian Gratton 49 2. Through the Northern Borderlands: Canada-U.S. Migrations in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries / Bruno Ramirez 76 3. The Making and Unmaking of the Circum-Caribbean Migratory Sphere: Mobility, Sex across Boundaries, and Collective Destinies, 1840–1940 / Lara Putnam 99 Part II. Connecting Borderlands, Littorals, and Regions 4. Population Movements and the Making of Canada-U.S. Not-So-Foreign Relations / Nora Faires 129 5. Greater Southwest North America: A Region of Historical Integration, Disjunction, and Imposition / Carlos G. Vélez-Ibáñez with Dirk Hoerder 150 6. Independence and Interdependence: Caribbean-North American Migration in the Modern Era / Melanie Shell-Weiss 174 7. Migration to Mexico, Migration in Mexico: A Special Case on the North American Continent / Delia González de Ruefels with Dirk Hoerder 188 8. The Construction of Borders: Building North American Nations, Building a Continental Perimeter, 1890s–1920s / Angelika E. Sauer 210 9. The United States-Mexican Border as Material and Cultural Barrier / Omar S. Valerio-Jiménez 228 Part III. Complicating Narratives 10. Migration and the Seasonal Round: An Odawa Family's Story / Susan E. Gray 253 11. Market Interactions in a Borderland Setting: A Case Study of the Gila River Pima of Arizona, 1846–1862 / Dan Killoren 264 12. Paying Attention to Moving Americans: Migration Knowledge in the Age of Internal Migration, 1930s–1970s / James N. Gregory 277 13. The Black Experience in Canada Revisited / Sarah-Jane (Saje) Mathieu 297 14. Circumnavigating Controls: Transborder Migration of Asian-Origin Migrants during the Period of Exclusion / Yukari Takai 313 15. Migration and Capitalism: The Rise of the U.S.-Mexican Border / John Mason Hart 333 Part IV. Contemporary and Applied Perspectives 16. Central American Migration and the Shaping of Refugee Policy / María Cristina Garcia 347 17. Central American Transmigrants: Migratory Movement of Special Interest to Different Sectors within and outside Mexico / Rodolfo Casillas-R. 364 18. Interrogating Managed Migration's Model: A Counternarrative of Canada's Seasonal Agricultural Workers Program / Kerry Preibisch 377 19. 1867 and All That . . .: Teaching the American Survey as Continental North American History / Angelika Sauer and Catherine O'Donnell 391 About the Contributors 399 Index 401

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Book SynopsisMimi Thi Nguyen examines the self-interested claims of the United States to provide freedom to others, even as it does so by generating violence and displacement through overpowering warfare.Trade Review"The Gift of Freedom is a dazzling book. Focusing on the figure of the Vietnamese refugee as a key to comprehending how the rhetoric of U.S. liberalism and freedom became hegemonic during the Cold War and in the contemporary post-9/11 period, Mimi Thi Nguyen offers an original approach to rethinking Cold War politics and U.S. liberal freedom."—David L. Eng, author of The Feeling of Kinship: Queer Liberalism and the Racialization of Intimacy"The product of strikingly incisive thinking, The Gift of Freedom is a luminous theoretical contribution to our understanding of the terms and tactics of liberal modernity."—Kandice Chuh, author of Imagine Otherwise: On Asian Americanist Critique“The Gift of Freedom is a bold, rich and sophisticated study providing significant contribution to current literature. . . . It forges new ground in the burgeoning disciplines of Vietnamese and Vietnamese American Studies while advancing the fields of memory studies, affect studies, refugee studies,and cultural studies, offering powerful insights into the far-reaching,inescapable hold that the gift of freedom has over all our precarious lives.” -- LongT.Bui * Journal of Vietnamese Studies *“Nguyen provides a well-reasoned justification for considering refugees as figures instead of subjects. . . . The book unfolds a compelling, if cynical, story of how thoroughly power functions.” -- Thy Phu * Pacific Affairs *“In writing about Vietnamese refugees, Nguyen actually helps us to grow links with studies of Arab/Middle Eastern/Muslim racialization in and outside of the United States, as well as other assemblages of subjects that might also find themselves the targets in new wars for freedom.” -- Sylvia Shin Huey Chong * Journal of Asian American Studies *“Nguyen’s book is tremendously convincing. [It] is ambitious but soundly conceived and refreshingly well written. This book should prove instructive to scholars in areas where writerly sensitivity—generous engagement with ambiguous texts and the confidence to ask speculative, even oblique questions—is perhaps not as lauded as it should be.” -- Nicholas Gamso * Women's Studies Quarterly *“Nguyen offers a refreshing perspective on cultural formations rarely researched in area studies, and The Gift of Freedom is a major contribution to Vietnamese and Vietnamese diasporic studies. As such, this book is recommended to scholars of cultural studies, critical race studies, immigration and migration studies, transnationalism, Asian American studies, and Asian studies.” -- Laura Ha Reizman * Journal of Asian Studies *"The Gift of Freedom extrapolates from its case studies to make an arresting argument that freedom, especially when it is routed through liberal personhood, 'is not simply a ruse for liberal war but its core proposition' (xii)." -- Russ Castronovo * American Literature *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction. The Empire of Freedom 1 1. The Refugee Condition 33 2. Grace, the Gift of the Girl in the Photograph 83 3. Race Wars, Patriot Acts 133 Epilogue. Refugee Returns 179 Notes 191 Bibliography 239 Index 267

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Book SynopsisThrough their production and consumption of bhangra and Asian Underground music in the late 1990s, British Asian youth constructed masculinities and femininities with profoundly uneven implications for ethnic, racial, and national belonging.Trade Review“In a major exposition of the British Asian music scene, Bhangra and Asian Underground is a strident tour-de-force of the South Asian music scene during a critical phase of its development.” - Malaikah Fazal, Eastern Eye"Bhangra and Asian Underground is an important book. By focusing on how young British Asian women, particularly working-class women, negotiate questions of race, class, and nation through a gendered relation to popular culture, Falu Bakrania foregrounds the constitutive nature of class in British Asian women's lives."—Gayatri Gopinath, author of Impossible Desires: Queer Diasporas and South Asian Public Cultures"Falu Bakrania has written a fantastic book that provides an excellent account of the complex and contradictory ways that young men and women in Britain craft British Asian identities through the bhangra and Asian Underground music scenes. It was with pleasure that I 'met' Jess, Sukh, Leena, and the other girls and women. Bakrania's transcriptions of the interviews with men and women were fantastic and well-analyzed, truly conveying a sense of their struggles, joys, and humor. Bhangra and Asian Underground is a fabulous ethnography that will enjoy a wide readership."—Nitasha Tamar Sharma, author of Hip Hop Desis: South Asian Americans, Blackness, and a Global Race Consciousness"A welcome addition to the ethnographic literature dealing with music practices in Britain, and her sophisticated analysis considerably expands our knowledge of these musical forms and their attendant social and cultural conventions." -- Evangelos Chrysagis * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *“...[O]ne of the only good books ever written about the influential Bhangra subculture. Bakrania opens the book recalling her cousins playing Bally Sagoo’s ‘Star Megamix,’ following all the strands that made up that moment in history until she has assembled a rich portrait of a unique movement in British culture.” -- Josephine Livingstone * Dazed and Confused *"Bhangra and Asian Underground is a rich ethnography of British Asian youth that will be of particular interest to scholars of popular culture and immigrant and diaspora formations." -- Stefan Fiol * Ethnomusicology *“Few book-length monographs have been devoted to these music genres, especially Asian underground, and Bhangra and Asian Underground is a welcome addition to the literature. The book should be of value to ethnomusicologists, scholars of popular music and of Asian Studies, since it addresses bhangra and Asian underground both as music forms and as musical subcultures in the British Asian community.” -- Iris Yellum * Journal of World Popular Music *“Bhangra and Asian Underground gives readers a window into the South Asian diaspora in London, as well as an opportunity to discover some terrific music. . . . [It] will appeal to a wide academic audience from fields including ethnomusicology, anthropology, women’s studies, and diaspora studies, as well as to any scholars interested in the complexities of identity and belonging.” -- Anna Oldfield * Popular Music and Society *“Bhangra and Asian Underground is an important book that makes significant contributions to the study of youth culture, popular music, and social identity. The author’s ethnographic research gives the reader an up close look at how young British Asians negotiate their identities by engaging with the contradictory demands of race, class, and gender.” -- Ryan Moore * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgments xiii Introduction 1 Part I. The Politics of Production 1. Mainstreaming Masculinity: Bhangra Boyz and Belonging in Britain 33 2. From the Margins to the Mainstream: Asian Underground Artists and the Politics of Not Being Political 70 Part II. The Club Cultures in Consumption 3. The Troubling Subjects of Wayward Asian Girls: Working-Class Women and Bhangra Club Going 117 4. Roomful of Asha: Middle-Class Women and Asian Underground Club Going 160 Conclusion. Bhangra and Asian Underground in the 2000s 187 Notes 203 Bibliography 227 Index 237

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Book SynopsisSince the 1970s, Indian workers have flooded into Dubai, enabling its construction boom. Barred from becoming citizens, they comprise the emirate's largest noncitizen population. Neha Vora examines their existence in a state of permanent temporariness.Trade Review"In Impossible Citizens, Neha Vora examines how Indians living in Dubai, where they are formally excluded from citizenship, create other forms of belonging through relationships with various communities—including Indians of other classes, other South Asians, and Emiratis—as well as particular spaces within the city-state. This book makes a strong argument with both theoretical and empirical significance that Indians are integral to the legitimacy of the Emirati state."—Ilana Feldman, author of Governing Gaza: Bureaucracy, Authority, and the Work of Rule, 1917–1967 "Neha Vora's Impossible Citizens is not only a fine ethnography of the 'permanently temporary' Indian population in Dubai, it is also a searching re-examination of concepts such as 'citizenship,' 'diaspora,' and 'democracy.' In the finest traditions of ethnographic work, Vora thoroughly undermines the usual scholarly use of these concepts by showing how little analytic purchase they give us in one case. She argues instead for a view in which migrants are not separated from citizens, and the economic causes of migration are not seen as disconnected from questions of social and cultural citizenship. Theoretically innovative and ethnographically rich, this study will be a necessary guide to modes of belonging in the contemporary globalized world."—Akhil Gupta, author of Red Tape: Bureaucracy, Structural Violence, and Poverty in India“Vora’s book is not merely an interesting narrative; it is also theoretically sophisticated, working through the Dubai case to argue an urgent need for questioning several core analytic concepts… she confidently ranges around questions of citizenship, migrancy and governmentality – including taxation and welfare – and deftly demonstrates how academic and popular discourse alike fail to disengage from the ‘imperial genealogies’ of their own epistemologies… Accordingly, this book deserves a readership beyond its obvious regional constituencies. Anyone thinking about state, citizenship, migration, rights or contemporary economies, or about the intellectual and political work that we do when we delineate and separate analytic domains, prising them from the flow of daily reactions and transactions that form social life, will find much here.”­ -- Caroline Osella * Times Higher Education *“Impossible Citizens is immediately engaging and sophisticated in its presentation of the myriad realities of the everyday lives of Indians in Dubai. . . . [T]he promise of the book is not just for those identifying with Area Studies or readers interested in Diaspora Studies and research on transnational ties that link South Asia with the other parts of the world, but also for those who wish to engage with thematic subjects of citizenship, migration and its links to ‘home’ economies and an anthropology of how neo-liberal economics affects the spatial, sensual and social architecture of cities.” -- Anandita Bajpai * South Asia *". . . a rich and comprehensive ethnography of Dubai’s Indian community that sets new standards for writing about 'guest workers' in the Gulf…. Impossible Citizens examines citizenship 'precisely through those who mark citizenship’s limits' — and in so doing, provides a compelling analysis of political governance that speaks to multiple disciplines and regions of the world.” -- Noora Anwar Lori * Middle East Journal *“[Vora’s] careful study of a group of migrants makes a compelling contribution to the anthropology of migration, transnationalism, and cities as well as to area studies of South Asia and the Middle East.” -- Kristin V. Monroe * Journal of Anthropological Research * "A rich ethnography which provides a fresh perspective on the Indian community in the rapidly changing city of Dubai." -- Sanjukta Mukherjee * International Migration Review *"Impossible Citizens will no doubt appeal to anyone interested in the Southasian diaspora and in new forms of citizenship." -- Tristian Brusle * Himal Southasian Magazine *"...this book is a remarkable study in the field of Gulf Studies, migration, diaspora, and citizenship. It challenges these concepts with the exceptional case of Dubai.... Her painstaking research has resulted in an extraordinary and extremely well documented contribution. The book is well organized and well written. It will be welcomed by students, professionals, and academics alike." -- Gijsbert Oonk * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *"[W]ith Impossible Citizens, Vora—through her rich ethnographic work and her very well laid out arguments—contributes significantly to our understanding of citizenship, diaspora and belonging by introducing the largely understudied, highly multicultural yet stratified society of Dubai." -- Idil Akinci * The Australian Journal of Anthropology *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction. Exceptions and Exceptionality in Dubai 3 1. A Tale of Two Creeks: Cosmopolitan Productions and Cosmopolitan Erasures in Contemporary Dubai 36 2. An Indian City? Diasporic Subjectivity and Urban Citizenship in Old Dubai 65 3. Between Global City and Golden Frontier: Indian Businessmen, Unofficial Citizenship, and Shifting Forms of Belonging 91 4. Exceeding the Economic: New Modalities of Belonging among Middle-class Dubai Indians 117 5. Becoming Indian in Dubai: Parochialisms and Globalisms in Privatized Education 144 Conclusion. Reassessing Gulf Studies: Citizenship, Democracy, and the Political 171 Notes 191 Bibliography 221 Index 235

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Book SynopsisSince the late 1990s, Asian nations have increasingly encouraged or demanded the return of emigrants. In this anthology, cases of return migration in Asia provide the ground for rethinking relations between nation-states and transnational mobility.Trade Review"This collection identifies an important patterning of migrations, one exerted by Asian nations pulling far-ranging emigrants and refugees toward home. Different chapters trace the exigency and enigma of return experienced by sojourners and soldiers in the 20th century, and expatriates and professionals in contemporary times. The book will be of interest to scholars working in anthropology, history, sociology, global studies, Asian studies, and critical geography."—Aihwa Ong, coeditor of Asian Biotech: Ethics and Communities of Fate"This important volume creates a link between two phenomena that are often treated as oppositional, nation and (trans)nation. Focusing on return migration, the contributors show that space is more than place; it is a method for understanding global movements. The chapters illustrate how generation, class, and often flexible categories (returnee, refugee, and worker) place institutions and the people that they claim to serve in a constantly negotiated relationship. The conversation between scholars of different disciplines will stimulate wide-ranging debate."—Jeffrey Lesser, author of A Discontented Diaspora: Japanese Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy, 1960–1980“This book is an excellent and well-written collection, and it is accessible to students and the educated reader as well as professional academics. Those interested in Asian studies, migration, and human diasporas will want to read it immediately.” -- Nobuko Adachi * American Ethnologist *“One of the collection’s strengths, and indeed one of the reasons that an edited volume provides an appropriate means of dealing with the question of return, is that it highlights how the differentiated and segmented relations that Asian states form with returnees require patterns of coalescence, as well as heterogeneity.” -- Brett Neilson * Asian Journal of Social Science *“In Return, Xiang, Yeoh, Toyota and eight other contributors offer insightful answers…. By highlighting the complexities of return migration in Asia, this edited volume surely achieves its set goal and constitutes an important contribution to the literature on returnees, refugees and migrants in Asia. Academics, specialists and students will welcome this volume as an important addition to the literature on cultural geography and Asia Studies.” -- Kai Chen * Cultural Geographies *“In sum, this volume offers highly readable, provocative critical analyses of return migration that force us to consider how it is regulated, and at what costs. It will be valuable for anyone interested in the complexities of return migration in Asia.” -- Glenda S. Roberts * Pacific Affairs *“Return is never just a simple move, as the book editors claim in the introduction and proceed to demonstrate through the different contributions. With return migration only recently emerging as an aspect of migration studies in its own right, this edited collection provides great stimulation for generating ideas of return migration in an advanced and multifaceted way. The book is highly recommended for students of the social sciences, in particular those concerned with mobility, migration, and nation-building.” -- Brigitte Suter * Border Criminologies *“Without a doubt, this will be a much quoted piece and will foreground many stimulating conversations on the return process. Migration scholars, policy advisers, program implementers, and donor agencies can greatly benefit from making this book a useful tool in analyzing how migrants and nation-states respond to the challenges of return.” -- Jean Encinas-Franco * Asian Politics & Policy *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. Return and the Reordering of Transnational Mobility in Asia / Xiang Biao 1 1. To Return or Not to Return: The Changing Meaning of Mobility among Japanese Brazilians, 1908–2010 / Koji Sasaki 21 2. Soldier's Home: War, Migration, and Delayed Return in Postwar Japan / Mariko Asano Tamanoi 39 3. Guiqiao as Political Subjects in the Making of the People's Republic of China, 1949–1979 / Wang Cangbai 63 4. Transnational Encapsulation: Compulsory Return as a Labor-Migration Control in East Asia / Xiang Biao 83 5. Cambodians Go "Home": Forced Returns and Redisplacement Thirty Years after the American War in Indochina / Sylvia R. Cowan 100 6. Rescue, Return, in Place: Deportees, "Victims," and the Regulation of Indonesian Migration / Johan Lindquist 122 7. Return of the Global Indian: Software Professionals and the Worlding of Bangalore / Carol Upadhya 141 8. Ethnicizing, Capitalizing, and Nationalizing: South Korea and the Returning Korean Chinese / Melody Chia-Wen Lu and Shen Hyunjoon 162 Contributors 179 References 183 Index 205

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Book SynopsisSince the late 1990s, Asian nations have increasingly encouraged or demanded the return of emigrants. In this anthology, cases of return migration in Asia provide the ground for rethinking relations between nation-states and transnational mobility.Trade Review"This collection identifies an important patterning of migrations, one exerted by Asian nations pulling far-ranging emigrants and refugees toward home. Different chapters trace the exigency and enigma of return experienced by sojourners and soldiers in the 20th century, and expatriates and professionals in contemporary times. The book will be of interest to scholars working in anthropology, history, sociology, global studies, Asian studies, and critical geography."—Aihwa Ong, coeditor of Asian Biotech: Ethics and Communities of Fate"This important volume creates a link between two phenomena that are often treated as oppositional, nation and (trans)nation. Focusing on return migration, the contributors show that space is more than place; it is a method for understanding global movements. The chapters illustrate how generation, class, and often flexible categories (returnee, refugee, and worker) place institutions and the people that they claim to serve in a constantly negotiated relationship. The conversation between scholars of different disciplines will stimulate wide-ranging debate."—Jeffrey Lesser, author of A Discontented Diaspora: Japanese Brazilians and the Meanings of Ethnic Militancy, 1960–1980“This book is an excellent and well-written collection, and it is accessible to students and the educated reader as well as professional academics. Those interested in Asian studies, migration, and human diasporas will want to read it immediately.” -- Nobuko Adachi * American Ethnologist *“One of the collection’s strengths, and indeed one of the reasons that an edited volume provides an appropriate means of dealing with the question of return, is that it highlights how the differentiated and segmented relations that Asian states form with returnees require patterns of coalescence, as well as heterogeneity.” -- Brett Neilson * Asian Journal of Social Science *“In Return, Xiang, Yeoh, Toyota and eight other contributors offer insightful answers…. By highlighting the complexities of return migration in Asia, this edited volume surely achieves its set goal and constitutes an important contribution to the literature on returnees, refugees and migrants in Asia. Academics, specialists and students will welcome this volume as an important addition to the literature on cultural geography and Asia Studies.” -- Kai Chen * Cultural Geographies *“In sum, this volume offers highly readable, provocative critical analyses of return migration that force us to consider how it is regulated, and at what costs. It will be valuable for anyone interested in the complexities of return migration in Asia.” -- Glenda S. Roberts * Pacific Affairs *“Return is never just a simple move, as the book editors claim in the introduction and proceed to demonstrate through the different contributions. With return migration only recently emerging as an aspect of migration studies in its own right, this edited collection provides great stimulation for generating ideas of return migration in an advanced and multifaceted way. The book is highly recommended for students of the social sciences, in particular those concerned with mobility, migration, and nation-building.” -- Brigitte Suter * Border Criminologies *“Without a doubt, this will be a much quoted piece and will foreground many stimulating conversations on the return process. Migration scholars, policy advisers, program implementers, and donor agencies can greatly benefit from making this book a useful tool in analyzing how migrants and nation-states respond to the challenges of return.” -- Jean Encinas-Franco * Asian Politics & Policy *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. Return and the Reordering of Transnational Mobility in Asia / Xiang Biao 1 1. To Return or Not to Return: The Changing Meaning of Mobility among Japanese Brazilians, 1908–2010 / Koji Sasaki 21 2. Soldier's Home: War, Migration, and Delayed Return in Postwar Japan / Mariko Asano Tamanoi 39 3. Guiqiao as Political Subjects in the Making of the People's Republic of China, 1949–1979 / Wang Cangbai 63 4. Transnational Encapsulation: Compulsory Return as a Labor-Migration Control in East Asia / Xiang Biao 83 5. Cambodians Go "Home": Forced Returns and Redisplacement Thirty Years after the American War in Indochina / Sylvia R. Cowan 100 6. Rescue, Return, in Place: Deportees, "Victims," and the Regulation of Indonesian Migration / Johan Lindquist 122 7. Return of the Global Indian: Software Professionals and the Worlding of Bangalore / Carol Upadhya 141 8. Ethnicizing, Capitalizing, and Nationalizing: South Korea and the Returning Korean Chinese / Melody Chia-Wen Lu and Shen Hyunjoon 162 Contributors 179 References 183 Index 205

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Book SynopsisIn Tropical Renditions Christine Bacareza Balance examines how the performance and reception of post-World War II Filipino and Filipino American popular music provide crucial tools for composing Filipino identity, publics, and politics as well as challenge dominant racial stereotypes. Trade Review"Balance’s book is a major contribution to a flowering of contemporary scholarship on the Filipino diaspora and musical performance. . . . From DJing and karaoke to performance art and indie Pinoise rock, Balance’s book draws out the rich implications of such musical scenes, and in doing so, shows how Filipino America has been made, and made uniquely meaningful, through music." -- Victor Bascara * Pacific Affairs *"With her careful survey of ethnographic texts and implicit use of ethnographic research techniques, Balance sets a new standard for accounts of popular music culture in performance studies." -- Neal Matherne * Ethnomusicology *"Tropical Renditions offers a script from which to begin rehearsing a multiscalar phonography of place, race, and music that is . . . relentlessly and productively disobedient." -- Anjeline de Dios * Southeast Asian Studies *"A gift to the fields of Asian studies, sound studies, and cultural studies, speaking between and across each in order to posit a theory of sound that is attuned to the affective and sociopolitical contours of the Filipinx diasporic experience. . . . Seminal in its theorizing of the social conditions that dictate how the Filipinx performing body is consumed." -- Casey Mecija * Journal of the Society for American Music *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Flip the Beat: An Introduction 1 1. Sonic Fictions 31 2. The Serious Work of Karaoke 56 3. Jessica Hagedorn's Gangster Routes 87 4. Pinoise Rock 123 Epilogue: Rakenrol Itineraries 155 Notes 187 Bibliography 207 Index 219

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Book SynopsisIn Tropical Renditions Christine Bacareza Balance examines how the performance and reception of post-World War II Filipino and Filipino American popular music provide crucial tools for composing Filipino identity, publics, and politics as well as challenge dominant racial stereotypes. Trade Review"Balance’s book is a major contribution to a flowering of contemporary scholarship on the Filipino diaspora and musical performance. . . . From DJing and karaoke to performance art and indie Pinoise rock, Balance’s book draws out the rich implications of such musical scenes, and in doing so, shows how Filipino America has been made, and made uniquely meaningful, through music." -- Victor Bascara * Pacific Affairs *"With her careful survey of ethnographic texts and implicit use of ethnographic research techniques, Balance sets a new standard for accounts of popular music culture in performance studies." -- Neal Matherne * Ethnomusicology *"Tropical Renditions offers a script from which to begin rehearsing a multiscalar phonography of place, race, and music that is . . . relentlessly and productively disobedient." -- Anjeline de Dios * Southeast Asian Studies *"A gift to the fields of Asian studies, sound studies, and cultural studies, speaking between and across each in order to posit a theory of sound that is attuned to the affective and sociopolitical contours of the Filipinx diasporic experience. . . . Seminal in its theorizing of the social conditions that dictate how the Filipinx performing body is consumed." -- Casey Mecija * Journal of the Society for American Music *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Flip the Beat: An Introduction 1 1. Sonic Fictions 31 2. The Serious Work of Karaoke 56 3. Jessica Hagedorn's Gangster Routes 87 4. Pinoise Rock 123 Epilogue: Rakenrol Itineraries 155 Notes 187 Bibliography 207 Index 219

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Book SynopsisIn Making Refuge Catherine Besteman follows the lives of a group of Somali Bantu refugees over the course of three decades, from their pre-civil war homes and terrible experiences in Kenyan refugee camps, to their recent resettlement in the struggling former mill town of Lewiston, Maine.Trade Review"Besteman eschews social science jargon to tell her story with great insight and empathy. Her book should be required reading for policymakers currently debating what to do with refugees from Syria." -- Nichola van de Walle * Foreign Affairs *"Given Besteman’s unique perspective on the Somali Bantu community in Lewiston and her impressive scholarship on refugees, Africa and racism, it would be difficult to imagine any scholar having as rich and multi-faceted a frame of reference on the issue of refugees in Maine. ... Besteman’s writing offers an in-depth and timely analysis of the Somali Bantu experience in Lewiston, now in its second decade." -- Dave Canarie * Portland Press Herald *"Tensions between newcomers and established communities are as old as the US itself, and Making Refuge is a rich account of what is gained and what is lost in becoming American. Think of this book as your ringside seat to the birth of a new shared meaning of 'life the way it should be.'" -- Faith Nibbs * Times Higher Education *"[S]cholarly yet accessible. . . . The book neither loses itself in despair nor politicizes what she treats as the wholly human drama that it is." -- Jim Breithaupt * Bookslut *"It is a devastating read, full of complex geopolitical realities, crushing social revelations regarding race and poverty in America, the seemingly insurmountable problems the Somali Bantu in particular face, and a general public prone to nasty blog comments and xenophobia." -- D. L. Mayfield * Books & Culture *"The book is highly accessible, engaging, ethnographically rich, and written with real sensitivity, qualities that will resonate well with students. The book will also be useful to policy makers, NGOs, and refugee service providers." -- Stephanie R. Bjork * American Anthropologist *"In a time marked by continuous talk about refugee crisis and a rise in anti-immigrant sentiments, Making Refuge forms an important contribution to a more nuanced understanding of displacement. Given the little ethnographically driven research there has been into the plight of Somali minority groups, the book also forms a significant historical document about a community in the making." -- Annika Lems * Society & Space *"Making Refuge is a superbly written, well-organized book with beautiful stories and photographs and sound but subtle theories that will make it a great book for undergraduates and graduate students and a must-read for anyone interested in refugees, human rights, the aftermaths of war and migration, race and ethnicity, and engaged anthropology." -- Jennifer Erickson * American Ethnologist *"Making Refuge is particularly relevant in a time when refugee resettlement is widely discussed, as it points to the flaws and contradictions of a system that expects refugees to be docile and thankful recipients of charity to gain resettlement but at the same time requires for them to become self-sufficient shortly after arriving in the country. Besteman offers many useful lessons to policy makers and those who provide services to refugees as well as students of immigrant incorporation." -- Cristina Ramos * African Studies Quarterly *"Besteman goes beyond simply portraying the lives of Somali Bantus in Lewiston, Maine and instead shows how the ethnic group ‘Bantu’ was created, along with the construction and dispute of the Bantu identity, both by those described as Bantus and those doing the labeling. . . . The richness of the data makes the community really come alive in the pages of the book." -- Bernadette Ludwig * Migration Studies *"Making Refuge deserves wide readership, both for its distinctive ethnographic foundations and salient conclusions. This timely work speaks to current controversies over refugees and resettlement with rich, data-driven analysis that shatters dominant narratives of integration and belonging." -- Emily Frazier * African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review *"Besteman’s book is the fruit of years of engagement with the people about whom she is writing, across two continents, allowing for a rich and intimate account which is a pleasure to read, seamlessly mixing the stories of particular individuals and families, more general analysis, and conceptual insight. A great strength of the account is its multidimensionality: close attention is paid to policy-making and bureaucratic processes, but also to the lived experiences and agency of refugees, and how they navigate these systems." -- Anna Lindley * Journal of Anthropological Research *“Powerful, persuasive, and illuminating, at once deeply intimate and broadly relevant. Making Refuge will interest students of all levels, professional anthropologists, members of the media, and an educated non-academic readership.” -- Daniel M. Goldstein * PoLAR *Table of ContentsList of Terms and Abbreviations ix Timeline of Events xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 Part I. Refugees 1. Becoming Refugees 35 2. The Humanitarian Condition 57 3. Becoming Somali Bantus 77 Part II. Lewiston Introduction 103 4. We Have Responded Valiantly 115 5. Strangers in Our Midst 139 6. Helpers in the Neoliberal Borderlands 169 Part III. Refuge Introduction 205 7. Making Refuge 215 8. These Are Our Kids 243 Conclusion: The Way Life Should Be 277 Notes 291 References 313 Index 327

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Book SynopsisIn Making Refuge Catherine Besteman follows the lives of a group of Somali Bantu refugees over the course of three decades, from their pre-civil war homes and terrible experiences in Kenyan refugee camps, to their recent resettlement in the struggling former mill town of Lewiston, Maine.Trade Review"Besteman eschews social science jargon to tell her story with great insight and empathy. Her book should be required reading for policymakers currently debating what to do with refugees from Syria." -- Nichola van de Walle * Foreign Affairs *"Given Besteman’s unique perspective on the Somali Bantu community in Lewiston and her impressive scholarship on refugees, Africa and racism, it would be difficult to imagine any scholar having as rich and multi-faceted a frame of reference on the issue of refugees in Maine. ... Besteman’s writing offers an in-depth and timely analysis of the Somali Bantu experience in Lewiston, now in its second decade." -- Dave Canarie * Portland Press Herald *"Tensions between newcomers and established communities are as old as the US itself, and Making Refuge is a rich account of what is gained and what is lost in becoming American. Think of this book as your ringside seat to the birth of a new shared meaning of 'life the way it should be.'" -- Faith Nibbs * Times Higher Education *"[S]cholarly yet accessible. . . . The book neither loses itself in despair nor politicizes what she treats as the wholly human drama that it is." -- Jim Breithaupt * Bookslut *"It is a devastating read, full of complex geopolitical realities, crushing social revelations regarding race and poverty in America, the seemingly insurmountable problems the Somali Bantu in particular face, and a general public prone to nasty blog comments and xenophobia." -- D. L. Mayfield * Books & Culture *"The book is highly accessible, engaging, ethnographically rich, and written with real sensitivity, qualities that will resonate well with students. The book will also be useful to policy makers, NGOs, and refugee service providers." -- Stephanie R. Bjork * American Anthropologist *"In a time marked by continuous talk about refugee crisis and a rise in anti-immigrant sentiments, Making Refuge forms an important contribution to a more nuanced understanding of displacement. Given the little ethnographically driven research there has been into the plight of Somali minority groups, the book also forms a significant historical document about a community in the making." -- Annika Lems * Society & Space *"Making Refuge is a superbly written, well-organized book with beautiful stories and photographs and sound but subtle theories that will make it a great book for undergraduates and graduate students and a must-read for anyone interested in refugees, human rights, the aftermaths of war and migration, race and ethnicity, and engaged anthropology." -- Jennifer Erickson * American Ethnologist *"Making Refuge is particularly relevant in a time when refugee resettlement is widely discussed, as it points to the flaws and contradictions of a system that expects refugees to be docile and thankful recipients of charity to gain resettlement but at the same time requires for them to become self-sufficient shortly after arriving in the country. Besteman offers many useful lessons to policy makers and those who provide services to refugees as well as students of immigrant incorporation." -- Cristina Ramos * African Studies Quarterly *"Besteman goes beyond simply portraying the lives of Somali Bantus in Lewiston, Maine and instead shows how the ethnic group ‘Bantu’ was created, along with the construction and dispute of the Bantu identity, both by those described as Bantus and those doing the labeling. . . . The richness of the data makes the community really come alive in the pages of the book." -- Bernadette Ludwig * Migration Studies *"Making Refuge deserves wide readership, both for its distinctive ethnographic foundations and salient conclusions. This timely work speaks to current controversies over refugees and resettlement with rich, data-driven analysis that shatters dominant narratives of integration and belonging." -- Emily Frazier * African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review *"Besteman’s book is the fruit of years of engagement with the people about whom she is writing, across two continents, allowing for a rich and intimate account which is a pleasure to read, seamlessly mixing the stories of particular individuals and families, more general analysis, and conceptual insight. A great strength of the account is its multidimensionality: close attention is paid to policy-making and bureaucratic processes, but also to the lived experiences and agency of refugees, and how they navigate these systems." -- Anna Lindley * Journal of Anthropological Research *“Powerful, persuasive, and illuminating, at once deeply intimate and broadly relevant. Making Refuge will interest students of all levels, professional anthropologists, members of the media, and an educated non-academic readership.” -- Daniel M. Goldstein * PoLAR *Table of ContentsList of Terms and Abbreviations ix Timeline of Events xi Acknowledgments xv Introduction 1 Part I. Refugees 1. Becoming Refugees 35 2. The Humanitarian Condition 57 3. Becoming Somali Bantus 77 Part II. Lewiston Introduction 103 4. We Have Responded Valiantly 115 5. Strangers in Our Midst 139 6. Helpers in the Neoliberal Borderlands 169 Part III. Refuge Introduction 205 7. Making Refuge 215 8. These Are Our Kids 243 Conclusion: The Way Life Should Be 277 Notes 291 References 313 Index 327

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Exiled Home constitutes a timely and sophisticated scholarly piece that entails a thorough methodological discussion and makes for fascinating reading. By placing deportation within an institutional and policy context and considering the experiences of undocumented immigrants raised in or deported from the host country, the book complements an existing literature that is largely concerned with the reasons for migration, the situation of adult immigrants, and the impact of remittances. The work makes an impassioned plea to legalize youths who are US citizens in all but immigration status and should prove of interest in both academic and policy circles." -- Sonja Wolf * International Migration Review *"At a time when more people than ever are being displaced from their homelands, Coutin’s vivid, youth-centered analysis offers a potent and instructive understanding both of those who migrate and of those who are exiled home." -- Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz * American Anthropologist *"An illuminating example of how to effectively and creatively mesh theory with qualitative data. . . . A carefully crafted, humane portrayal of the broad-ranging and common experiences of Salvadoran migrant children living in the United States and those violently reinserted in El Salvador." -- Shirley A. Heying * Journal of Anthropological Research *"Exiled Home is a testament to many things—the importance of fieldwork, the significance of critical thought, the power of political participation—but the book also evidences the gift of longstanding ethnographic engagements." -- Kevin Lewis O'Neill * Anthropological Quarterly *"For anyone wishing to understand what is at stake with the cancelation of TPS and DACA, the proposed changes to make asylum even harder to get, or the waves of caravans coming out of Central America, [Exiled Home] is essential. It will be useful and timely for courses from any discipline on immigration as well as political and legal anthropology." -- Amelia Frank-Vitale * Border Criminologies *"Focusing on Salvadoran migration, the book not only shows that Central American migration to the US is not new, but also that Salvadorans’ migratory experience is characterized by different forms of violence and uncertainty that are not bounded to national territories or categories. Exiled Home contributes to understanding how Salvadoran youth migrants expand what it means to be Salvadoran and American." -- Lurio Gutiérrez Rivera * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *“Exiled Home is an invaluable text, in which Susan Bibler Coutin builds upon her decades of critical ethnographic engagement with the Salvadoran diaspora to produce a theoretically rich and textured analysis of the children and youth who migrated with their families to the United States during the Salvadoran civil war (1980-92).” -- Irina Carlota Silber * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Violence and Silence 21 2. Living in the Gap 55 3. Dreams 95 4. Exiled Home through Deportation 129 5. Biographies and Nations 165 Conclusion. Re/membering Exiled Homes 205 Appendix 227 Notes 231 References 241 Index 265

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Exiled Home constitutes a timely and sophisticated scholarly piece that entails a thorough methodological discussion and makes for fascinating reading. By placing deportation within an institutional and policy context and considering the experiences of undocumented immigrants raised in or deported from the host country, the book complements an existing literature that is largely concerned with the reasons for migration, the situation of adult immigrants, and the impact of remittances. The work makes an impassioned plea to legalize youths who are US citizens in all but immigration status and should prove of interest in both academic and policy circles." -- Sonja Wolf * International Migration Review *"At a time when more people than ever are being displaced from their homelands, Coutin’s vivid, youth-centered analysis offers a potent and instructive understanding both of those who migrate and of those who are exiled home." -- Ruth Gomberg-Muñoz * American Anthropologist *"An illuminating example of how to effectively and creatively mesh theory with qualitative data. . . . A carefully crafted, humane portrayal of the broad-ranging and common experiences of Salvadoran migrant children living in the United States and those violently reinserted in El Salvador." -- Shirley A. Heying * Journal of Anthropological Research *"Exiled Home is a testament to many things—the importance of fieldwork, the significance of critical thought, the power of political participation—but the book also evidences the gift of longstanding ethnographic engagements." -- Kevin Lewis O'Neill * Anthropological Quarterly *"For anyone wishing to understand what is at stake with the cancelation of TPS and DACA, the proposed changes to make asylum even harder to get, or the waves of caravans coming out of Central America, [Exiled Home] is essential. It will be useful and timely for courses from any discipline on immigration as well as political and legal anthropology." -- Amelia Frank-Vitale * Border Criminologies *"Focusing on Salvadoran migration, the book not only shows that Central American migration to the US is not new, but also that Salvadorans’ migratory experience is characterized by different forms of violence and uncertainty that are not bounded to national territories or categories. Exiled Home contributes to understanding how Salvadoran youth migrants expand what it means to be Salvadoran and American." -- Lurio Gutiérrez Rivera * Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology *“Exiled Home is an invaluable text, in which Susan Bibler Coutin builds upon her decades of critical ethnographic engagement with the Salvadoran diaspora to produce a theoretically rich and textured analysis of the children and youth who migrated with their families to the United States during the Salvadoran civil war (1980-92).” -- Irina Carlota Silber * Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Violence and Silence 21 2. Living in the Gap 55 3. Dreams 95 4. Exiled Home through Deportation 129 5. Biographies and Nations 165 Conclusion. Re/membering Exiled Homes 205 Appendix 227 Notes 231 References 241 Index 265

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Book SynopsisEric J. Pido examines the complicated relationship between the Philippine economy, Manila’s urban development, and Filipino migrants visiting or returning to their homeland, showing migration to be a multidirectional, layered, and continuous process with varied and often fraught outcomes.Trade Review“An insightful and timely account of Filipino Americans and their newfound role as key players in the Philippines' bourgeoning retirement and real estate industries.” -- Paul Nadal * Journal of Asian American Studies *"Dense and carefully argued ... Migrant Returns captures the multiple dimensions associated with return migration and serves as a valuable resource for those interested in transnationalism, globalization, and migration scholarship." -- Armand Gutierrez * International Migration Review *"A rich ethnographic account of homing. . . . Migrant Returns is a paradigmatic illumination of the multiple landscapes—personal, familial, social, and cultural—created by re/settlement, representation, and ultimately return that are emblematic of any relocation ideology. . . . By articulating the multiple logics of global economies and local social geographies, [Pido] has given us a nuanced ethnographic plunge into the multidirectional complexities and paradoxical positions of the current global diasporic moment." -- Anastasia Christou * American Ethnologist *"Overall, this book usefully troubles the labels of returnee and retiree within migration studies.… Pido's ability to incorporate an analysis of the role of the Philippine state and transnational real estate brokers in exploiting but also perpetuating this tension, makes Migrant Returns a valuable addition to Philippine and diaspora studies." -- Anjy Mary Paul * Journal of Southeast Asian Studies *Table of ContentsAbbreviations vii Preface ix Introduction. An Ethnography of Return 1 Part I: Departures 1. The Balikbayan Economy: Filipino Americans and the Contemporary Transformation of Manila 29 2. The Foreign Local: Balikbayans, Overseas Filipino Workers,and the Return Economy 49 3. Transnational Real Estate: Selling the American Dream in the Philippines 72 Part II. Returns 4. The Balikbayan Hotel: Touristic Performance in Manila and the Anxiety of Return 115 5. The Balikbayan House: The Precarity of Return Migrant Homes 131 6. Domestic Affects: The Philippine Retirement Authority, Retiree Visas, and the National Discourse of Homecoming 148 Conclusion: Retirement Landscapes and the Geography of Exception 163 Epilogue 179 Notes 187 References 197 Index 209

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Book SynopsisEric J. Pido examines the complicated relationship between the Philippine economy, Manila’s urban development, and Filipino migrants visiting or returning to their homeland, showing migration to be a multidirectional, layered, and continuous process with varied and often fraught outcomes.Trade Review“An insightful and timely account of Filipino Americans and their newfound role as key players in the Philippines' bourgeoning retirement and real estate industries.” -- Paul Nadal * Journal of Asian American Studies *"Dense and carefully argued ... Migrant Returns captures the multiple dimensions associated with return migration and serves as a valuable resource for those interested in transnationalism, globalization, and migration scholarship." -- Armand Gutierrez * International Migration Review *"A rich ethnographic account of homing. . . . Migrant Returns is a paradigmatic illumination of the multiple landscapes—personal, familial, social, and cultural—created by re/settlement, representation, and ultimately return that are emblematic of any relocation ideology. . . . By articulating the multiple logics of global economies and local social geographies, [Pido] has given us a nuanced ethnographic plunge into the multidirectional complexities and paradoxical positions of the current global diasporic moment." -- Anastasia Christou * American Ethnologist *"Overall, this book usefully troubles the labels of returnee and retiree within migration studies.… Pido's ability to incorporate an analysis of the role of the Philippine state and transnational real estate brokers in exploiting but also perpetuating this tension, makes Migrant Returns a valuable addition to Philippine and diaspora studies." -- Anjy Mary Paul * Journal of Southeast Asian Studies *Table of ContentsAbbreviations vii Preface ix Introduction. An Ethnography of Return 1 Part I: Departures 1. The Balikbayan Economy: Filipino Americans and the Contemporary Transformation of Manila 29 2. The Foreign Local: Balikbayans, Overseas Filipino Workers,and the Return Economy 49 3. Transnational Real Estate: Selling the American Dream in the Philippines 72 Part II. Returns 4. The Balikbayan Hotel: Touristic Performance in Manila and the Anxiety of Return 115 5. The Balikbayan House: The Precarity of Return Migrant Homes 131 6. Domestic Affects: The Philippine Retirement Authority, Retiree Visas, and the National Discourse of Homecoming 148 Conclusion: Retirement Landscapes and the Geography of Exception 163 Epilogue 179 Notes 187 References 197 Index 209

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Book SynopsisSara R. Farris examines the calls for gender equality from an unlikely collection of European right-wing nationalist political parties, neoliberals, and some feminist theorists and policymakers, showing how their exploitation of feminist ideals justifies anti-Islam and anti-immigrant rhetoric and policies.Trade Review"[Farris's] reading of 'femonationalism' as a symptom of neoliberal capitalism gives little hope that a quick or effective solution is possible for the crises at hand. So we are left without certain answers, and that’s as it should be." -- Joan W. Scott * The Nation *"The pertinence of Farris’s volume, especially in the development of immigration policies, is undeniable." -- Visnja Krstic * Cultural Sociology *"Brilliant. . . . Through [Farris's] careful analysis of the political economic dimensions of femonationalism, certain elements of our contemporary landscape are illuminated with startling and disturbing clarity." -- Catherine Rottenberg * Jadaliyya *"A brave monograph." -- Judith Whitehead * Monthly Review *"In the Name of Women’s Rights is a timely book with an impressive scope and rich theoretical diversity. . . . A must-read for anyone concerned with the appropriation of feminism or the operation of Islamophobia in contemporary Europe." -- Julie E. Dowsett * International Feminist Journal of Politics *"Welcome and invigorating." -- Peter Coviello * The Immanent Frame *“In the Name of Women’s Rights is an important and timely contribution to the fields of sociology, gender and women studies, and migration studies. Highly recommended." -- Maya El Helou * Refuge *"An incisive intervention in how we understand rescue narratives of Muslim and non-Western migrant men as perpetrators of violence against Muslim and non-Western migrant women. . . . An important contribution to a range of fields including but not limited to critical race theory, transnational studies, gender and sexuality studies, political science, and sociology." -- Sasha A. Khan * Feminist Formations *"A highly readable, insightful and alarming account of the deployment of a discourse of women’s rights by racist and nationalist movements in Europe. . . . This is a work that deserves to be widely read." -- Gargi Bhattacharyya * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"Farris’s book is comprehensive, thorough, and masterly in accomplishing her key objective, which is, to draw feminist attention toward a new political economic configuration in which neoliberal conditions, feminist politics of gender equality, and right-wing nationalism coalesce to sustain exploitative ideological and material relations between western and nonwestern women. It is indeed a timely and needed study of the political and ethical costs to feminism of the concurrence of civilizational politics and neoliberal economics and thus has applications beyond the European context." -- Amina Jamal * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsAbbreviations ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: In the Name of Women's Rights 1 1. Figures of Femonationalism 22 2. Femonationalism Is No Populism 57 3. Integration Policies and the Institutionalization of Femonationalism 78 4. Femonationalism, Neoliberalism, and Social Reproduction 115 5. The Political Economy of Femonationalism 146 Notes 183 Bibliography 229 Index 253

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Book SynopsisAlex E. Chávez explores the contemporary politics of Mexican migrant cultural expression manifest in huapango arribeño, a musical genre from north-central Mexico that helps Mexicans build communities on both sides of the US border and give voice to the transnational migrant experience.Trade Review"Chavez uses the songs of the borderlands to talk about immigration into the US and the culture that has sprung up around the border. He pulls in both history and current situations – and best of all, his own experiences as a Mexican academic and musician – to create a multidimensional, gorgeous book." -- Alejandra Oliva * Remezcla *"Bold and engaging. . . . Teeming with moments of intimacy, and a genuine attention to humanity. . . . Courageous and timely. . . . Sounds of Crossing will be of interest not only to scholars across disciplines and musical genres, as it relates aurality and aesthetics to political and social life, but also to non-academic lovers of music. This is a book of humanity, and a book of stories." -- Nandini Rupa Banerjee-Datta * Current Musicology *"Alex E. Chávez has made an important contribution in the fields of cultural anthropology, ethnomusicology, folklore, history, and immigration studies with his work, Sounds of Crossing. . . . A must read for those interested in the lives, experiences, and music of undocumented people in the United States." -- José R. López Morín * Anthropos *"Few scholarly works have attempted to link the study of popular music and literary practices to the experience of international migration and fewer still have done so in as compelling a way as Chávez has done." -- David Spener * Bulletin of Latin American Research *"Sounds of Crossing succeeds in introducing Huapango Arribeno to the world, articulately weaving between the daunting cliffs of anthropological theory and the lush valleys of sung poetry and anecdote, carrying the mellifluous sounds of Espanol and a vihuela on its back, greeting across space and time, singing the songs of the unheard." -- Renata Yazzie * Linguistic Anthropology *"The rigor and depth of both the ethnographic and musical work in this text, and the joining of the two, is a rare find in contemporary ethnography." -- Kristina M. Jacobsen * Anthropological Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction: American Border/Lands 1 1. Aurality and the Long American Century 34 2. Companions of the Calling 62 3. Verses and Flows at the Dawn of Neoliberal Mexico 130 4. Regional Sounds: Mexican Texas and the Semiotics of Citizenship 198 5. From Potosi to Tennessee: Clandestine Desires and the Poetic Border 232 6. Huapango sin Fronteras: Mapping What Matters and Other Paths 278 Conclusion: They Dreamed of Bridges 316 Epilogue: "Born in the U.S.A." 327 Appendix A: Musical Transcriptions 331 Appendix B: Improvised Saludados 349 Notes 361 References 387 Index 411

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Book SynopsisAlex E. Chávez explores the contemporary politics of Mexican migrant cultural expression manifest in huapango arribeño, a musical genre from north-central Mexico that helps Mexicans build communities on both sides of the US border and give voice to the transnational migrant experience.Trade Review"Chavez uses the songs of the borderlands to talk about immigration into the US and the culture that has sprung up around the border. He pulls in both history and current situations – and best of all, his own experiences as a Mexican academic and musician – to create a multidimensional, gorgeous book." -- Alejandra Oliva * Remezcla *"Bold and engaging. . . . Teeming with moments of intimacy, and a genuine attention to humanity. . . . Courageous and timely. . . . Sounds of Crossing will be of interest not only to scholars across disciplines and musical genres, as it relates aurality and aesthetics to political and social life, but also to non-academic lovers of music. This is a book of humanity, and a book of stories." -- Nandini Rupa Banerjee-Datta * Current Musicology *"Alex E. Chávez has made an important contribution in the fields of cultural anthropology, ethnomusicology, folklore, history, and immigration studies with his work, Sounds of Crossing. . . . A must read for those interested in the lives, experiences, and music of undocumented people in the United States." -- José R. López Morín * Anthropos *"Few scholarly works have attempted to link the study of popular music and literary practices to the experience of international migration and fewer still have done so in as compelling a way as Chávez has done." -- David Spener * Bulletin of Latin American Research *"Sounds of Crossing succeeds in introducing Huapango Arribeno to the world, articulately weaving between the daunting cliffs of anthropological theory and the lush valleys of sung poetry and anecdote, carrying the mellifluous sounds of Espanol and a vihuela on its back, greeting across space and time, singing the songs of the unheard." -- Renata Yazzie * Linguistic Anthropology *"The rigor and depth of both the ethnographic and musical work in this text, and the joining of the two, is a rare find in contemporary ethnography." -- Kristina M. Jacobsen * Anthropological Quarterly *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction: American Border/Lands 1 1. Aurality and the Long American Century 34 2. Companions of the Calling 62 3. Verses and Flows at the Dawn of Neoliberal Mexico 130 4. Regional Sounds: Mexican Texas and the Semiotics of Citizenship 198 5. From Potosi to Tennessee: Clandestine Desires and the Poetic Border 232 6. Huapango sin Fronteras: Mapping What Matters and Other Paths 278 Conclusion: They Dreamed of Bridges 316 Epilogue: "Born in the U.S.A." 327 Appendix A: Musical Transcriptions 331 Appendix B: Improvised Saludados 349 Notes 361 References 387 Index 411

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Book SynopsisRadhika Mongia outlines the colonial genealogy of the modern nation-state by tracing how the British Empire monopolized control over migration, showing how between its abolition of slavery in 1834 and World War One, the regulation of Indians moving throughout the Commonwealth linked migration with nationality and state sovereignty.Trade Review"Indian Migration and Empire presents a detailed analysis of the history of colonial Indian migration of indentured labor to Mauritius, the Caribbean, Canada, and South Africa. . . . This illuminating research makes an important contribution to the fields of colonialism, migration, and political studies. . . . Recommended. Advanced undergraduates and above." -- D. A. Chekki * Choice *"Methodologically innovative and theoretically rigorous . . . Mongia has written a pathbreaking book. In the wake of this work it will no longer be possible to tell the story of border-making without a scrutiny of how human labor was dehumanized on an imperial and global scale." -- Debjani Bhattacharyya * H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews *"Mongia’s book is a methodological tour de force in migration studies and theories of the state. But the commendable feat of this book is that these accomplishments do not stand apart – her contribution to migration studies is enriched by the careful theorising of states, at once colonial, transcolonial and metropolitan." -- Tarangini Sriraman * The Wire *"Indian Migration and Empire cautions us in the epilogue that the project of modern nation state and who belongs in such a nation state is a project still incomplete and can inflict terrible oppressions and restrictions as in the example of Iroquois/Haudenosaunee of North America. For this caution alone, this book is a must-read for all who are interested in historiography of migration and political theory." -- Mithilesh Kumar * Economic and Political Weekly *"Mongia’s account is a fresh, fascinating explanation of the intricacies of migration and its impact on host-countries, nation-state and bureaucratic development, and at the heart of it all, the emigrant. There has been a steady change in academia to consider a more global and cultural perspective, and this book is relevant to many scholars, including those in political science, history, sociology, women’s studies, migration, Asian studies, colonial and post-colonial studies, and global issues." -- Kathleen M. Davis * International Social Science Review *"Radhika Mongia’s fascinating analysis of Indian migration to South Africa and its history-making aftermath is fascinatingly readable. Indian Migration and Empire certainly places Mongia among the established scholars in the field." -- Tarique Niazi * Journal of International and Global Studies *"Indian Migration and Empire is a fresh and important contribution to our understanding of the modern world." -- Thomas R. Metcalf * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. The Migration of "Free" Labor: Contracting Freedom 22 2. Disciplinary Power and the Colonial State: The Bureaucracy of Migration Control 56 3. Gendered Nationalism, the Racialized State, and the Making of Migration Law: The Indian "Marriage Question" in South Africa 85 4. Race, Nationality, Mobility: A History of the Passport 112 Epilogue. In History: A Colonial Genealogy of the Modern State 141 Notes 151 Bibliography 199 Index 221

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Book SynopsisIn Diaspora’s Homeland Shelly Chan provides a broad historical study of how the mass migration of more than twenty million Chinese overseas influenced China’s politics, economics, and culture and helped establish China as a nation-state within a global system.Trade Review“This cutting-edge book will inspire future studies of transnational history. Highly recommended.” -- G. Li * Choice *"Building on approaches from postcolonial, literary, and cultural studies to criticize the nation-state and linear time, the book is really multiple books in one. At its heart lies the reconceptualization of diaspora . . . Diaspora’s Homeland sets out to raise new questions by bringing together three separate fields and in this, it certainly succeeds. . . . The book is based on meticulous research, including a wealth of multi-archival primary sources. In sum, the book not only offers a sweeping birds-eye view of modern Chinese history from a new perspective, but it also provides solid in-depth research on some less explored topics." -- Els van Dongen * Journal of Social History *"In this elegantly wrought and eloquently argued book, Chan revisits a familiar story—the emigration of an estimated twenty million Chinese in the century from 1840 to 1940—with fresh eyes, making the argument that the idea of China as a homeland and its emigrants as a diaspora were mutually constitutive. . . . Chan’s provocative framing of 'diaspora time' forces us also to rethink national time." -- Denise Y. Ho * Journal of Asian Studies *"Shelly Chan proposes an inspired, new approach to the study of migration and diasporas in her recent book. Rather than asking what impact migrants had on their overseas communities, she sets out to examine how mass emigration changed China. . . . Smart analysis and lucid prose pepper the book. Chan brilliantly demonstrates how rethinking diaspora studies has the potential to cut across the fields of modern Chinese history, overseas Chinese studies, and Asian American studies, which have too often remained only distant relations. Her work joins the best examples of recent transnational scholarship destined to have a major impact on reconfiguring these fields." -- Michelle T. King * Canadian Journal of History *"Diaspora's Homeland is a thoroughly enjoyable read . . . written in a crisp, clear, and entertaining way, free of jargon and convoluted expressions. . . . Geography undergraduates will find this book helpful for understanding how historical geography is constitutive of our transnational present, while its analytical method, conceptual claims, and empirical details will engage and stimulate postgraduates and scholars." -- Kean Fan Lim * Journal of Historical Geography *"With its innovative conceptualization, meticulous research and insightful narratives, Diaspora’s Homeland is a must-read for those who are interested in the study of both Chinese and global diasporas. It is also an excellent textbook for China-related graduate courses in the disciplines of history, political science and international studies." -- Sheng Ding * The China Quarterly *"The book’s greatest strength is its temporal and spatial vision. Shelly Chan castes aside traditional watersheds, offering instead unexpected juxtapositions and a unique chronology. . . . Chan masterfully rewrites the history of China and the overseas Chinese experience, contributing what will no doubt be the theoretically inspiring and highly cited concepts of diaspora time and diaspora moments." -- Phillip B. Guingona * Postcolonial Text *"Diaspora’s Homeland makes its greatest contribution in arguing for a migration history that is unbounded by standard periodizations and national boundaries, opening a conversation that other scholars can consider and engage." -- Meredith Oyen * American Historical Review *"Shelly Chan’s memorable work will be required reading for scholars of modern Chinese history and historians of the Chinese diaspora, and will have great appeal beyond these broad fields. Written in a clear and accessible way, it also would be a book well suited for advanced undergraduate history and Asian-American studies courses." -- Fredy González * Journal of Chinese Studies *"Diaspora’s Homeland is a groundbreaking study that will surely establish Chan as one of the leading specialists in the field. Her interdisciplinary approach and broad theoretical contribution make the book a critical reference for scholars in various disciplines. The light that it sheds on contemporary issues about China’s rise renders it useful for policy makers and the general public alike." -- Lisong Liu * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *“Chinese mass migration’s impact on countries around the globe has been studied extensively. Research on the same migration processes’ impact on China, on the other hand, is scarce. Diaspora’s Homeland tackles this gap by focusing on the relationship between Chinese migrants and their ancestral homeland…. Presenting high-quality historical research, the book is definitely a must-read for scholars interested in new perspectives on modern Chinese (migration) history, as well as for those who want to learn more about transnational flows of ideas and capital fostered by a century of migration.” -- Helen Hess * ASIEN *Table of ContentsA Note on Romanization ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. A Great Convergence 17 2. Colonists of the South Seas 48 3. Confucius from Afar 75 4. The Women Who Stayed Behind 107 5. Homecomings 146 Conclusion and Epilogue 185 Notes 197 Bibliography 233 Index 261

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Book SynopsisIn Diaspora’s Homeland Shelly Chan provides a broad historical study of how the mass migration of more than twenty million Chinese overseas influenced China’s politics, economics, and culture and helped establish China as a nation-state within a global system.Trade Review“This cutting-edge book will inspire future studies of transnational history. Highly recommended.” -- G. Li * Choice *"Building on approaches from postcolonial, literary, and cultural studies to criticize the nation-state and linear time, the book is really multiple books in one. At its heart lies the reconceptualization of diaspora . . . Diaspora’s Homeland sets out to raise new questions by bringing together three separate fields and in this, it certainly succeeds. . . . The book is based on meticulous research, including a wealth of multi-archival primary sources. In sum, the book not only offers a sweeping birds-eye view of modern Chinese history from a new perspective, but it also provides solid in-depth research on some less explored topics." -- Els van Dongen * Journal of Social History *"In this elegantly wrought and eloquently argued book, Chan revisits a familiar story—the emigration of an estimated twenty million Chinese in the century from 1840 to 1940—with fresh eyes, making the argument that the idea of China as a homeland and its emigrants as a diaspora were mutually constitutive. . . . Chan’s provocative framing of 'diaspora time' forces us also to rethink national time." -- Denise Y. Ho * Journal of Asian Studies *"Shelly Chan proposes an inspired, new approach to the study of migration and diasporas in her recent book. Rather than asking what impact migrants had on their overseas communities, she sets out to examine how mass emigration changed China. . . . Smart analysis and lucid prose pepper the book. Chan brilliantly demonstrates how rethinking diaspora studies has the potential to cut across the fields of modern Chinese history, overseas Chinese studies, and Asian American studies, which have too often remained only distant relations. Her work joins the best examples of recent transnational scholarship destined to have a major impact on reconfiguring these fields." -- Michelle T. King * Canadian Journal of History *"Diaspora's Homeland is a thoroughly enjoyable read . . . written in a crisp, clear, and entertaining way, free of jargon and convoluted expressions. . . . Geography undergraduates will find this book helpful for understanding how historical geography is constitutive of our transnational present, while its analytical method, conceptual claims, and empirical details will engage and stimulate postgraduates and scholars." -- Kean Fan Lim * Journal of Historical Geography *"With its innovative conceptualization, meticulous research and insightful narratives, Diaspora’s Homeland is a must-read for those who are interested in the study of both Chinese and global diasporas. It is also an excellent textbook for China-related graduate courses in the disciplines of history, political science and international studies." -- Sheng Ding * The China Quarterly *"The book’s greatest strength is its temporal and spatial vision. Shelly Chan castes aside traditional watersheds, offering instead unexpected juxtapositions and a unique chronology. . . . Chan masterfully rewrites the history of China and the overseas Chinese experience, contributing what will no doubt be the theoretically inspiring and highly cited concepts of diaspora time and diaspora moments." -- Phillip B. Guingona * Postcolonial Text *"Diaspora’s Homeland makes its greatest contribution in arguing for a migration history that is unbounded by standard periodizations and national boundaries, opening a conversation that other scholars can consider and engage." -- Meredith Oyen * American Historical Review *"Shelly Chan’s memorable work will be required reading for scholars of modern Chinese history and historians of the Chinese diaspora, and will have great appeal beyond these broad fields. Written in a clear and accessible way, it also would be a book well suited for advanced undergraduate history and Asian-American studies courses." -- Fredy González * Journal of Chinese Studies *"Diaspora’s Homeland is a groundbreaking study that will surely establish Chan as one of the leading specialists in the field. Her interdisciplinary approach and broad theoretical contribution make the book a critical reference for scholars in various disciplines. The light that it sheds on contemporary issues about China’s rise renders it useful for policy makers and the general public alike." -- Lisong Liu * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *“Chinese mass migration’s impact on countries around the globe has been studied extensively. Research on the same migration processes’ impact on China, on the other hand, is scarce. Diaspora’s Homeland tackles this gap by focusing on the relationship between Chinese migrants and their ancestral homeland…. Presenting high-quality historical research, the book is definitely a must-read for scholars interested in new perspectives on modern Chinese (migration) history, as well as for those who want to learn more about transnational flows of ideas and capital fostered by a century of migration.” -- Helen Hess * ASIEN *Table of ContentsA Note on Romanization ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. A Great Convergence 17 2. Colonists of the South Seas 48 3. Confucius from Afar 75 4. The Women Who Stayed Behind 107 5. Homecomings 146 Conclusion and Epilogue 185 Notes 197 Bibliography 233 Index 261

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Book SynopsisRadhika Mongia outlines the colonial genealogy of the modern nation-state by tracing how the British Empire monopolized control over migration, showing how between its abolition of slavery in 1834 and World War One, the regulation of Indians moving throughout the Commonwealth linked migration with nationality and state sovereignty.Trade Review"Indian Migration and Empire presents a detailed analysis of the history of colonial Indian migration of indentured labor to Mauritius, the Caribbean, Canada, and South Africa. . . . This illuminating research makes an important contribution to the fields of colonialism, migration, and political studies. . . . Recommended. Advanced undergraduates and above." -- D. A. Chekki * Choice *"Methodologically innovative and theoretically rigorous . . . Mongia has written a pathbreaking book. In the wake of this work it will no longer be possible to tell the story of border-making without a scrutiny of how human labor was dehumanized on an imperial and global scale." -- Debjani Bhattacharyya * H-Diplo, H-Net Reviews *"Mongia’s book is a methodological tour de force in migration studies and theories of the state. But the commendable feat of this book is that these accomplishments do not stand apart – her contribution to migration studies is enriched by the careful theorising of states, at once colonial, transcolonial and metropolitan." -- Tarangini Sriraman * The Wire *"Indian Migration and Empire cautions us in the epilogue that the project of modern nation state and who belongs in such a nation state is a project still incomplete and can inflict terrible oppressions and restrictions as in the example of Iroquois/Haudenosaunee of North America. For this caution alone, this book is a must-read for all who are interested in historiography of migration and political theory." -- Mithilesh Kumar * Economic and Political Weekly *"Mongia’s account is a fresh, fascinating explanation of the intricacies of migration and its impact on host-countries, nation-state and bureaucratic development, and at the heart of it all, the emigrant. There has been a steady change in academia to consider a more global and cultural perspective, and this book is relevant to many scholars, including those in political science, history, sociology, women’s studies, migration, Asian studies, colonial and post-colonial studies, and global issues." -- Kathleen M. Davis * International Social Science Review *"Radhika Mongia’s fascinating analysis of Indian migration to South Africa and its history-making aftermath is fascinatingly readable. Indian Migration and Empire certainly places Mongia among the established scholars in the field." -- Tarique Niazi * Journal of International and Global Studies *"Indian Migration and Empire is a fresh and important contribution to our understanding of the modern world." -- Thomas R. Metcalf * Journal of Interdisciplinary History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. The Migration of "Free" Labor: Contracting Freedom 22 2. Disciplinary Power and the Colonial State: The Bureaucracy of Migration Control 56 3. Gendered Nationalism, the Racialized State, and the Making of Migration Law: The Indian "Marriage Question" in South Africa 85 4. Race, Nationality, Mobility: A History of the Passport 112 Epilogue. In History: A Colonial Genealogy of the Modern State 141 Notes 151 Bibliography 199 Index 221

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Book SynopsisPatrick Ireland argues that it is incorrect to expect unavoidable conflict between Muslim immmigrants and European host socieites. His insighful work shows that institutions matter more than culture in determining the shape and style of ethnic relations.Trade ReviewA considerable feat of scholarship combining genuine innovation with real insight into Europe's complex politics of migration and ethnicity. - Andrew Geddes, University of Liverpool; ""Ireland has done a masterful job in addressing a number of interrelated issues: the entitlements of citizenship; socioeconomic integration and cultural diversity; and the future of the welfare state in face of the pressures of globalization. - William Safran, University of Colorado; ""A strikingly original analysis of how welfare reform affects immigrant incorporation."" - Gary P. Freeman, University of Texas at Austin

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Book SynopsisThese factors breed distrust, disenfranchisement, and hatred-factors that potentially engender radicalization and can even threaten internal security.The contributors compare policies on these issues at three relational levels: between individual EU nations and the U.S., between the EU and U.S., and among EU nations.

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Book SynopsisWinner, 2017 CCCC Advancement of Knowledge Award Iswari P. Pandey looks deeply into the South Asian community in Mid-South America to track the migration of literacies, showing how different meaning-making practices are adapted and reconfigured for cross-language relations and cross-cultural understanding.

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Book SynopsisThis innovative study views the aftermath of ethnic cleansing, as it examines the transformation of Czechoslovakia's Sudetenland from the end of the Second World War, through the Cold War, and into the twenty-first century.Trade Review“What happened to the Sudetenland, and its Germanspeaking inhabitants after the expulsions of 1945– 1948? In this pioneering study Eagle Glassheim presents a compelling set of answers, tracing multiple strands of the story on all sides of the post-1945 borders, as huge numbers of refugees challenged East and West German governments and their fragile postwar societies, while also demonstrating how its new inhabitants came to see the region as home.” —Pieter M. Judson, European University Institute

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Book SynopsisPresents a truly international selection of works by more than seventy Italian-language poets who are writing in countries from Australia to VenezuelaTrade Review"This book is at the same time a vast discovery and an intimate conversation. All my life I have been curious about the other Italians. I lived in Italy for a year and came to know my relatives there at the same time that I visited the blank spaces where my grandparents and parents and sisters and cousins might have been. Reading this spectacular anthology, I have begun to know the other other Italians, those who have settled in the world's wide spaces, places I have never seen, and to know these distant cousins by way of those elusive truths that only poets can tell." -- -Robert Viscusi The Wolfe Institute "Poets of the Italian Diaspora: A Bilingual Anthology is both an historical and ground-breaking book. It is at the forefront in the recognition of Italophone literature, something that Italy should have unearthed decades ago. With this anthology, Bonaffini and Perricone offer the reader, for the first time, a broad panorama of modern and contemporary Italian lyrical writing outside the geo-cultural boundaries of Italy." -- -Anthony Julian Tamburri Dean, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute "Perricone and Bonafini have collected the best Italian emigre poets from around the world. Here is a rich sampling of their poetry. Whether you call them immigrants, exiles, refugees or displaced persons, every one speaks from the soul with an Italian accent, expressing sentiments of a global phenomenon through a shared native language. The accompanying translations enable English speakers to connect to their experiences. The result is a collection that enables comparative Italian Diasporan studies on a scale never before attempted." -- -Fred Gardaphe John D. Calandra Institute "An outstanding pioneering work that will mark a milestone in Italian Studies and will serve as the foundation of a new discipline, the literature of the Italian Diaspora." -- -Sante Matteo Miami University

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Book SynopsisPresents a truly international selection of works by more than seventy Italian-language poets who are writing in countries from Australia to VenezuelaTrade Review"This book is at the same time a vast discovery and an intimate conversation. All my life I have been curious about the other Italians. I lived in Italy for a year and came to know my relatives there at the same time that I visited the blank spaces where my grandparents and parents and sisters and cousins might have been. Reading this spectacular anthology, I have begun to know the other other Italians, those who have settled in the world's wide spaces, places I have never seen, and to know these distant cousins by way of those elusive truths that only poets can tell." -- -Robert Viscusi The Wolfe Institute "Poets of the Italian Diaspora: A Bilingual Anthology is both an historical and ground-breaking book. It is at the forefront in the recognition of Italophone literature, something that Italy should have unearthed decades ago. With this anthology, Bonaffini and Perricone offer the reader, for the first time, a broad panorama of modern and contemporary Italian lyrical writing outside the geo-cultural boundaries of Italy." -- -Anthony Julian Tamburri Dean, John D. Calandra Italian American Institute "Perricone and Bonafini have collected the best Italian emigre poets from around the world. Here is a rich sampling of their poetry. Whether you call them immigrants, exiles, refugees or displaced persons, every one speaks from the soul with an Italian accent, expressing sentiments of a global phenomenon through a shared native language. The accompanying translations enable English speakers to connect to their experiences. The result is a collection that enables comparative Italian Diasporan studies on a scale never before attempted." -- -Fred Gardaphe John D. Calandra Institute "An outstanding pioneering work that will mark a milestone in Italian Studies and will serve as the foundation of a new discipline, the literature of the Italian Diaspora." -- -Sante Matteo Miami University

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Book SynopsisThrough the rendering of Catholic Church migration’s debates this book shows how Latin American lay and religious migration in Rome is an Atlantic Return from the Americas challenging an Euro-centric Catholic identity and how multiple forms of being Catholic inform gender, labor and sexuality at the heart of Catholicism in Europe.Trade Review"In Migrant Hearts and the Atlantic Return, Valentina Napolitano offers her readers a complex portrait of the diasporic world of trans-Atlantic Catholicism, told through the stories of particular Latin American immigrant communities in Rome. Napolitano is singularly positioned to perform the ethnographic work that underlies this study, and she has written a moving account that contributes to the growing field of the anthropology of Christianity and that will appeal to an interdisciplinary audience of anthropologists, religionists, students of migration and globalization, and women's and gender studies scholars." -- -Elizabeth Castelli Barnard College "Napolitano's book is a rich ethnography of the historically fraught relationship between the Vatican and its Latin American flock. In this moment of heightened anxiety about immigration and shrinking church following in Europe, Napolitano deftly tracks the fissure between communitas and otherness that haunts European Catholicism today. Told through the lives of Latin American immigrants to Italy, this wonderful book shows us what it means to live a faith that is losing hold of its civilizational mission." -- -Saba Mahmood University of California, Berkeley "...the project of injecting Catholic realities into the burgeoning field of the anthropology of Christianity is vital, and Migrant Hearts demonstrates the kind of sophisticated studies it can produce." -MarginaliaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Catholic Humanitas 1. Migrant Terrains in Italy and Rome 2. The "Culture of Life" and Migrant Pedagogies 3. The Legionaries of Christ and the Passionate Machine 4. Migrant Hearts 5. The Virgin of Guadalupe: A Nexus of Affects 6. Enwalled: Translocality, Intimacies, and Gendered Subjectivity Epilogue Notes References Index

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Book SynopsisThis book rethinks Italy’s formation and development on a trans-national map through cultural analysis of travel, living and work spaces as depicted in literary, filmic and musical texts. By demonstrating how today’s immigration in Italy is pre-occupied by its past emigration and colonialism, the book stresses commonalities and dispels preoccupations.Trade Review"Fiore's book is a marvelous read. Glowing with humanity, she wears her knowledge lightly. In this book the study of contemporary, post-colonial Italy is filtered through the centuries of the Italian migrant experience. Thus much used terms such as 'diasporic', 'hybridity' and 'liminal' are given human faces. A mastery of the theoretical literature on space, place and the immigrant/emigrant experience is joined by a fascinating analysis of novels, films, social reportage and nursery rhymes in order to bring to life the 'pre-occupation' of the formative experience of the Italian diaspora for modern Italy and the 'preoccupation' of today's Italy where the previous invisibility of the 'New Italians', the sons and daughters of the global migrations of the late twentieth and early twentieth centuries, are reshaping notions of citizenship and belonging. Highly recommended." -- -Carl Levy Goldsmiths, University of London "A sophisticated and brilliant work of theoretical scaffolding, one that never loses sight of the perils of its own iconoclastic undertaking. Pre-Occupied Spaces' extremely well-crafted structure helps the reader navigate from one text to the other, while the theoretical architecture of the book guides the reader through the impressive proliferation of well-researched texts and critical references." -- -Cristina Lombardi-Diop Loyola University Chicago "Teresa Fiore reminds readers that Italy is a country that has long been defined by 'border crossing, movements, displacements and differences,' Its 'emigrants' and 'immigrants' have sparked similarly troubled preoccupations wherever, whenever and in whatever direction they have moved. Using the tools of cultural analysis, Fiore offers a stunning analysis of the boats, houses, and workplaces where nations have repeatedly imagined both themselves and their others, usually through futile efforts to culturally and permanently affix people to particular places." -- -Donna R. Gabaccia University of TorontoTable of ContentsPreface Introduction. All at One Point: The Un/likely Connections between Italy’s Emigration, Immigration, and (Post-)Colonialism Part I. Waters: Migrant Voyages and Ships from/to Italy Aperture I: An Osean of Pre-occupation and Possibilities: The Show L’orda 1. Crossing the Atlantic to Meet the Nation: The Emigration Ship in Mignonette’s Songs and Crialese’s Nuovomondo 2. Overlapping Mediterranean Routes in Marra’s Sailing Home, Ragusa’s The Skin Between Us, and Tekle’s Libera Part II. Houses: Multi-Ethnic Residential Spaces as Living Archives of Pre-occupation and Invention Aperture II. A Multi-Cultural Project in a National Square: The Orchestra of Piazza Vittorio 3. Displaced Italies and Immigrant “Delinquent” Spaces in Pariani’s Argentinian Conventillos and Lakhous’ Roman Palazzo 4. Writing the Pasta Factory and the Boarding House as Trans-National Homes: Public and Private Acts in Melliti’s Pantanella and Mazzucco’s Life Part III. Workplaces: A Creative Re-occupation of Labor Spaces against Exploitation Aperture III. Labor on the Move: Rodari’s Construction Workers and Kuruvilla’s Babysitter 5. Edification between Nation and Migration in Cavanna’s Les Ritals and Adascalitei’s “Il giorno di San Nicola” 6: The Circular Routes of Colonial and Post-Colonial Homecare: Però’s and Ciaravino’s Alexandria and Ghermandi’s “The Story of Woizero Bekelech and Signor Antonio” Conclusions. Italy as an Imagi-Nation Laboratory: The Citizenship Law between In and Outbound Flows Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisThis book chronicles the experiences of undocumented students at Jesuit institutions of higher education. Based on an extensive study that incorporated survey research and in-depth interviews, the study presents the perspectives of students, staff, and the institutions, and is framed within immigration’s historical and legal contexts.Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations for the Study of Undocumented College Students Chapter 3 Immigration, Jesuit Higher Education and the Undocumented Chapter 4 Becoming Allies in Eradicating Longstanding Legal Barriers Chapter 5 Alma Mater, Mater Exulum Jesuit Education and Immigration in America: A Moral Framework Rooted in History and Mission Chapter 6 Unsure: The Experiences of Students Who Are Undocumented at Jesuit Colleges CHAPTER 7 From Research to Action: Jesuit Institutional Practices in Response to Undocumented Students Conclusion

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Book SynopsisThis book chronicles the experiences of undocumented students at Jesuit institutions of higher education. Based on an extensive study that incorporated survey research and in-depth interviews, the study presents the perspectives of students, staff, and the institutions, and is framed within immigration’s historical and legal contexts.Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations for the Study of Undocumented College Students Chapter 3 Immigration, Jesuit Higher Education and the Undocumented Chapter 4 Becoming Allies in Eradicating Longstanding Legal Barriers Chapter 5 Alma Mater, Mater Exulum Jesuit Education and Immigration in America: A Moral Framework Rooted in History and Mission Chapter 6 Unsure: The Experiences of Students Who Are Undocumented at Jesuit Colleges CHAPTER 7 From Research to Action: Jesuit Institutional Practices in Response to Undocumented Students Conclusion

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Book SynopsisHow is political change possible when even the most radical revolutions only reproduce sovereign power? Via the analysis of the contradictory meanings of stasis, Vardoulakis argues that the opportunity for political change is located in the agonistic relation between sovereignty and democracy and thus demands a radical rethinking.Trade Review"Against the naive utopias of radical democracy and of liberal democracy alike, Vardoulakis presents us with 'agonistic democracy'-a non-teleological and paradoxical political practice that constitutes the condition of possibility as well as the only real alternative to sovereign power. Stasis before the State is a truly remarkable and memorable book." -- -Cesare Casarino University of Minnesota, Cultural Critique Senior Editor "A beautiful and lyrical book. Over the course of nine theses Vardoulakis contends with some of the central issues of contemporary politics and shows that we need not fear conflict but should embrace it as a critical aspect of democratic life." -- -James Martel San Francisco State UniversityTable of ContentsPreamble, or On Agonistic Monism Thesis 1 Constituent power forges the distinction between democracy and sovereignty Thesis 2 Sovereign violence is always justified violence Thesis 3 The different ways in which violence is justified delineate different forms of sovereignty Intermezzo 1 Sovereignty and the Refugee Thesis 4 Judgment is constitutive of democracy Thesis 5 Judgement establishes the agonistic relation between democracy and sovereignty by dejusti-fying violence Thesis 6 Democratic judgment shows the imbrication of the ontological, the political and the ethical Intermezzo 2 The Refugee and Resistance to Sovereign Power Thesis 7 Stasis indicates that judgment is the condition of the possibility of the law, or that democracy is the form of the constitution Thesis 8 Stasis, or agonistic monism, names the forms of the relation between democracy and sover-eignty Thesis 9 Stasis underlies all political praxis Vardoulak

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Book SynopsisHow is political change possible when even the most radical revolutions only reproduce sovereign power? Via the analysis of the contradictory meanings of stasis, Vardoulakis argues that the opportunity for political change is located in the agonistic relation between sovereignty and democracy and thus demands a radical rethinking.Trade Review"Against the naive utopias of radical democracy and of liberal democracy alike, Vardoulakis presents us with 'agonistic democracy'-a non-teleological and paradoxical political practice that constitutes the condition of possibility as well as the only real alternative to sovereign power. Stasis before the State is a truly remarkable and memorable book." -- -Cesare Casarino University of Minnesota, Cultural Critique Senior Editor "A beautiful and lyrical book. Over the course of nine theses Vardoulakis contends with some of the central issues of contemporary politics and shows that we need not fear conflict but should embrace it as a critical aspect of democratic life." -- -James Martel San Francisco State UniversityTable of ContentsPreamble, or On Agonistic Monism Thesis 1 Constituent power forges the distinction between democracy and sovereignty Thesis 2 Sovereign violence is always justified violence Thesis 3 The different ways in which violence is justified delineate different forms of sovereignty Intermezzo 1 Sovereignty and the Refugee Thesis 4 Judgment is constitutive of democracy Thesis 5 Judgement establishes the agonistic relation between democracy and sovereignty by dejusti-fying violence Thesis 6 Democratic judgment shows the imbrication of the ontological, the political and the ethical Intermezzo 2 The Refugee and Resistance to Sovereign Power Thesis 7 Stasis indicates that judgment is the condition of the possibility of the law, or that democracy is the form of the constitution Thesis 8 Stasis, or agonistic monism, names the forms of the relation between democracy and sover-eignty Thesis 9 Stasis underlies all political praxis Vardoulak

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Book SynopsisNapoli/New York/Hollywood investigates the work of Italian immigrant performers and the impact of the traditions of the Italian stage within the history of Hollywood cinema and of American media from 1895 to today.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. Italian Performers in American Silent Cinema 21 2. Aristocrats, Acrobats, Latin Lovers, and Waiters: Italians in American Silent Cinema 70 3. A Filmic Grand Tour: American Silent Films “Made in Italy” 100 4. American Cinema in Italian: The Formation of Italian American Culture 157 5. Italian Actors in Classical Hollywood Cinema 209 6. Transnational Neorealism: Toward an Italian American Film Hegemony 253 Acknowledgments 297 Notes 301 Index 349

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Book SynopsisNapoli/New York/Hollywood investigates the work of Italian immigrant performers and the impact of the traditions of the Italian stage within the history of Hollywood cinema and of American media from 1895 to today.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. Italian Performers in American Silent Cinema 21 2. Aristocrats, Acrobats, Latin Lovers, and Waiters: Italians in American Silent Cinema 70 3. A Filmic Grand Tour: American Silent Films “Made in Italy” 100 4. American Cinema in Italian: The Formation of Italian American Culture 157 5. Italian Actors in Classical Hollywood Cinema 209 6. Transnational Neorealism: Toward an Italian American Film Hegemony 253 Acknowledgments 297 Notes 301 Index 349

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments, ix Introduction: Boundaries of Inclusion and Exclusion in Postwar America, 1 1. Italian American Identity and Politics: World War II to the Cold War, 17 2. The Italian American Immigration Reform Lobby, 49 3. Refugees and Relatives: Italian Americans and the Refugee Relief Act, 84 4. Resettlement Assistance and “A New Standard of Living”, 111 5. The Corsi Affair, 147 6. From Refugee Relief to Family Reunification, 175 7. The End of the National Origins System and the Limits of White Ethnic Liberalism, 202 Conclusion: The Deep Roots of White Ethnicity, 1965 and Beyond, 235 Notes, 243 Bibliography, 325 Index, 343

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments, ix Introduction: Boundaries of Inclusion and Exclusion in Postwar America, 1 1. Italian American Identity and Politics: World War II to the Cold War, 17 2. The Italian American Immigration Reform Lobby, 49 3. Refugees and Relatives: Italian Americans and the Refugee Relief Act, 84 4. Resettlement Assistance and “A New Standard of Living”, 111 5. The Corsi Affair, 147 6. From Refugee Relief to Family Reunification, 175 7. The End of the National Origins System and the Limits of White Ethnic Liberalism, 202 Conclusion: The Deep Roots of White Ethnicity, 1965 and Beyond, 235 Notes, 243 Bibliography, 325 Index, 343

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction | 1 1. New Approaches to John Fante’s Ask the Dust From the Particular to the Universal: Vittorini’s Italian Adaptation of Ask the Dust | 15 Valerio Ferme When Spirituality Ebbs and Flows: Religion and Diasporic Alienation in Ask the Dust | 43 Suzanne Manizza Roszak “Sad Flower in the Sand”: Camilla Lopez and the Erasure of Memory in Ask the Dust | 58 Meagan Meylor “A Ramona in Reverse”: Writing the Madness of the Spanish Past in Ask the Dust | 83 Daniel Gardner 2. Sibling Arts: Ask the Dust in Dance, Music, the Graphic Novel, and French Dancing with the Dust: Translating Ask the Dust to the Stage | 111 J’aime Morrison Ask the Lyrics: John Fante in Music | 127 Chiara Mazzucchelli Watch Out or You’ll End up in My Novel: The Lost World of Ask the Dust | 145 Robert Guffey Don’t Ask the French | 157 Philippe Garnier 3. Ask the Dust and Its Effects: Readers and Writers Respond Amid the Dust | 167 Miriam Amico The Passion That Became a Festival | 177 Giovanna DiLello I Had Bandini: Reading Ask the Dust in Prison | 193 Joel Williams Writing in the Dust | 201 Alan Rifkin How Hitler Nearly Destroyed the Great American Novel | 213 Ryan Holiday 4. Ask the Dust and Its Due: Two Filmmakers and Bukowski Pay Tribute Interview with Robert Towne | 237 Nathan Rabin Letters from Los Angeles | 245 Jan Louter “My Dear Bukowski,” “Hello John Fante”: Preface to Ask the Dust | 261 John Fante and Charles Bukowski 5. The Attic, the Archive, and Beyond From Family to Institutional Memory: A Conversation with Stephen Cooper | 273 Teresa Fiore Prelude to “Prologue to Ask the Dust” | 281 Stephen Cooper Goodbye, Bunker Hill | 290 John Fante The Road to John Fante’s Los Angeles | 296 Stephen Cooper Acknowledgments | 315 List of Contributors | 319 Bibliography | 325 Index | 331

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction | 1 1. New Approaches to John Fante’s Ask the Dust From the Particular to the Universal: Vittorini’s Italian Adaptation of Ask the Dust | 15 Valerio Ferme When Spirituality Ebbs and Flows: Religion and Diasporic Alienation in Ask the Dust | 43 Suzanne Manizza Roszak “Sad Flower in the Sand”: Camilla Lopez and the Erasure of Memory in Ask the Dust | 58 Meagan Meylor “A Ramona in Reverse”: Writing the Madness of the Spanish Past in Ask the Dust | 83 Daniel Gardner 2. Sibling Arts: Ask the Dust in Dance, Music, the Graphic Novel, and French Dancing with the Dust: Translating Ask the Dust to the Stage | 111 J’aime Morrison Ask the Lyrics: John Fante in Music | 127 Chiara Mazzucchelli Watch Out or You’ll End up in My Novel: The Lost World of Ask the Dust | 145 Robert Guffey Don’t Ask the French | 157 Philippe Garnier 3. Ask the Dust and Its Effects: Readers and Writers Respond Amid the Dust | 167 Miriam Amico The Passion That Became a Festival | 177 Giovanna DiLello I Had Bandini: Reading Ask the Dust in Prison | 193 Joel Williams Writing in the Dust | 201 Alan Rifkin How Hitler Nearly Destroyed the Great American Novel | 213 Ryan Holiday 4. Ask the Dust and Its Due: Two Filmmakers and Bukowski Pay Tribute Interview with Robert Towne | 237 Nathan Rabin Letters from Los Angeles | 245 Jan Louter “My Dear Bukowski,” “Hello John Fante”: Preface to Ask the Dust | 261 John Fante and Charles Bukowski 5. The Attic, the Archive, and Beyond From Family to Institutional Memory: A Conversation with Stephen Cooper | 273 Teresa Fiore Prelude to “Prologue to Ask the Dust” | 281 Stephen Cooper Goodbye, Bunker Hill | 290 John Fante The Road to John Fante’s Los Angeles | 296 Stephen Cooper Acknowledgments | 315 List of Contributors | 319 Bibliography | 325 Index | 331

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction | xiv Introducción | xv Translator’s Note | xxxii Nota de Traductora | xxxiii Asylum Seeker | 2 Asilo | 3 Accompaniment | 10 Acompañamiento | 11 Camp | 18 Campamento | 19 Caravan | 26 Caravana | 27 Citizen | 32 Ciudadana | 33 Climate Refugee | 40 Refugiada Climática | 41 Denizen | 48 Habitante | 49 Deportee | 56 Deportade | 57 Detainee | 64 Detenide | 65 DREAMer | 72 DREAMer | 73 Enemy Alien | 80 Extranjero Enemigo | 81 Expatriate | 88 Expatriada | 89 Foreign-Born | 96 Nacides en el Extranjero | 97 Fugitive | 104 Fugitivo | 105 Guest Worker | 112 Trabajador Invitado | 113 Illegal Alien | 118 Extranjero Ilegal | 119 Immigrant | 124 Inmigrante | 125 Itinerant | 130 Nómade | 131 Know Your Rights | 138 Conozca Sus Derechos | 139 Migrant | 144 Migrante | 145 People on the Move | 152 Personas en Movimiento | 153 Refugee | 160 Refugiade | 161 Sanctuary | 168 Santuario | 169 Unaccompanied Minor | 176 Menor Desacompañade | 177 Undocumented | 184 Indocumentado | 185 Unhoused | 192 Sin Casa | 193 Vagrant | 200 Vagante | 201 Visa | 208 Visa | 209 Xenophobia | 216 Xenofobia | 217 Zero Tolerance | 226 Tolerancia Cero | 227 Epilogue: The Right to Stay Home | 234 Epilogo: El Derecho de Quedarse en Casa | 235 Acknowledgments | 242 Agradecimientos | 243 Works Cited | 247 Para Leer Más | 257 Resources for People on the Move / Recursos Para Personas en Movimiento | 259

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction | xiv Introducción | xv Translator’s Note | xxxii Nota de Traductora | xxxiii Asylum Seeker | 2 Asilo | 3 Accompaniment | 10 Acompañamiento | 11 Camp | 18 Campamento | 19 Caravan | 26 Caravana | 27 Citizen | 32 Ciudadana | 33 Climate Refugee | 40 Refugiada Climática | 41 Denizen | 48 Habitante | 49 Deportee | 56 Deportade | 57 Detainee | 64 Detenide | 65 DREAMer | 72 DREAMer | 73 Enemy Alien | 80 Extranjero Enemigo | 81 Expatriate | 88 Expatriada | 89 Foreign-Born | 96 Nacides en el Extranjero | 97 Fugitive | 104 Fugitivo | 105 Guest Worker | 112 Trabajador Invitado | 113 Illegal Alien | 118 Extranjero Ilegal | 119 Immigrant | 124 Inmigrante | 125 Itinerant | 130 Nómade | 131 Know Your Rights | 138 Conozca Sus Derechos | 139 Migrant | 144 Migrante | 145 People on the Move | 152 Personas en Movimiento | 153 Refugee | 160 Refugiade | 161 Sanctuary | 168 Santuario | 169 Unaccompanied Minor | 176 Menor Desacompañade | 177 Undocumented | 184 Indocumentado | 185 Unhoused | 192 Sin Casa | 193 Vagrant | 200 Vagante | 201 Visa | 208 Visa | 209 Xenophobia | 216 Xenofobia | 217 Zero Tolerance | 226 Tolerancia Cero | 227 Epilogue: The Right to Stay Home | 234 Epilogo: El Derecho de Quedarse en Casa | 235 Acknowledgments | 242 Agradecimientos | 243 Works Cited | 247 Para Leer Más | 257 Resources for People on the Move / Recursos Para Personas en Movimiento | 259

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