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Book SynopsisThe Vietnamese diaspora is now a truly global diaspora. This collection, one of the first of its kind, traces the Vietnamese diaspora’s multifaceted roots in late 19th and early 20th century French colonialism, the end of the War in Vietnam, and economic migrations to fellow communist states in the 1970s and 1980s. Out of these migrations, Vietnamese communities have now formed in many of the major immigrant receiving countries around the world. This collection traces the connection between the historically traumatic forms of dispersal from Vietnam and todays transnational Vietnamese communities. It considers questions about how conditions of exit from Vietnam shape Vietnamese diaspora identities and patterns of settlement and economic integration. It also addresses questions of how memory politics shape the ways in which various segments of the Vietnamese diaspora engage with contemporary Vietnam, and shape what is now an intergenerational diaspora. Contributors are: Tamsin Barber, Gisele Bousquet, Tuan Hoang, Gertrude Hüwelmeier, C. N. Le, Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen, Vic Satzewich, Ivan Small, Grażyna Szymańska-Matusiewicz and Anna Vu.
Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Figures and Tables Notes on Contributors Introduction Anna Vu and Vic Satzewich 1 Negotiating Identities: The 1964 Return of the Francophone Polynesian Vietnamese to Vietnam Gisele Bousquet 2 Social Mobility and the Meaning of Freedom among Vietnamese Refugees and Immigrants Tuan Hoang 3 Belonging in the UK Vietnamese Community: Second-Generation Experiences Tamsin Barber 4 The Politics of Remembering: Intergenerational Tensions in the Vietnamese Diaspora Anna Vu 5 Transnational Vietnamese: Germany and Beyond Gertrud Hüwelmeier 6 Pro-Democracy Activism in the Vietnamese Diaspora: Transgressing Cold War–Era Divisions in the Era of Social Media Grażyna Szymańska-Matusiewicz 7 Capitalist Lack: Vietnamese American Remittances as Cultural Supplement and Political Critique Ivan V. Small 8 Traditional Characteristics and New Dimensions: Vietnamese American Self-Employment in the Twenty-First Century C. N. Le 9 The Price of Nailing It: Emotional Labour in the Nail Salon Industry Anna Vu 10 Vietnamese Women in the Australian Defence Force: Minorities, Histories and Cultural Heritage Nathalie Huynh Chau Nguyen Index
