{"product_id":"wind-over-water-9780857457400","title":"Wind Over Water","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eProviding a comprehensive treatment of a full range of migrant destinies in East Asia by scholars from both Asia and North America, this volume captures the way migrants are changing the face of Asia, especially in cities, such as Beijing, Hong Kong, Hamamatsu, Osaka, Tokyo, and Singapore. It investigates how the crossing of geographical boundaries should also be recognized as a crossing of cultural and social categories that reveals the extraordinary variation in the migrants'' origins and trajectories. These migrants span the spectrum: from Korean bar hostesses in Osaka to African entrepreneurs in Hong Kong, from Vietnamese women seeking husbands across the Chinese border to Pakistani Muslim men marrying women in Japan, from short-term business travelers in China to long-term tourists from Japan who ultimately decide to retire overseas. Illuminating the ways in which an Asian-based analysis of migration can yield new data on global migration patterns, the contributors provide impo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“…this book is a worthy addition to migration research and Asian studies. It is warmly recommended to scholars, advanced graduate students, and anyone else interested in people on the move in Asia and beyond.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Journal of Royal Anthropological Institute\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“\u003c\/em\u003eWind Over Water \u003cem\u003eis the most up-to-date edited compilation on migration in East Asia, successfully raises a range of theoretical and methodological issues, and shines the spotlight on new fields of inquiry that will surely spur further research.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· International Migration Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“In sixteen substantive chapters, this collection presents a dramatic picture of the diversity of Asian mobility…all the studies are worth reading…[They offer] an introductory overview, which should whet the reader’s appetite to explore the themes further.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· The Journal of Asian Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“The book represents the culmination of a series of interdisciplinary conversations between East Asian and North American scholars and presents case studies that demonstrate the complexity and fluidity in contemporary migrations in East Asia, including Vietnam and Singapore…[It] will be a useful resource for academics and postgraduate students in migration and social policy.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Ethnic and Racial Studies\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cem\u003e“This collection of essays…should be welcomed by a broad audience, such as academics and practitioners interested in migration and ethnicity. Given its timely content and tight writing style, the editors should be commended for their enterprising entry into the important field of international migration studies, and for compiling an insightful and engaging book.”\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e· Pacific Affairs\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Figures\u003cbr\u003e \tPreface\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDavid Haines, Shinji Yamashita, and J. S. Eades\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart I:  Migrants, States, and Cities\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.  \u003c\/strong\u003eHuman Trade in Colonial Vietnam\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eNicolas Lainez\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Wind through the Woods: Ethnography of Interfaces between Migration and Institutions\u003cbr\u003e \tXiang Biao\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Migrant Social Networks: Ethnic Minorities in the Cities of China\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eZhang Jijiao\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e Migration and DiverseCity: Singapore’s Changing Demography, Identity, and Landscape\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBrenda S. A. Yeoh and Theodora Lam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5.  \u003c\/strong\u003eA Transnational Community and Its Impact on Local Power Relations in Urban China: The Case of Wangjing “Koreatown” in the Early 2000s\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKwang-Kyoon Yeo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/strong\u003e Immigration, Policies, and Civil Society in Hamamatsu, Central Japan\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKeiko Yamanaka\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart II:  Family, Gender, Lifestyle, and Culture\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Multiple Narratives on Migration in Vietnam and Their Methodological Implications\u003cbr\u003e \tHy V. Luong\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/strong\u003e Cross-Border Marriages between Vietnamese Women and Chinese Men: The Integration of Otherness and the Impact of Popular Representations\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eCaroline Grillot\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/strong\u003e Achieving and Restoring Masculinity through Homeland Return Visits\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHung Cam Thai\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mothers on the Move: Transnational Child-Rearing by Japanese Women Married to Pakistani Migrants\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMasako Kudo\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 11.\u003c\/strong\u003e Here, There, and In-between: Lifestyle Migrants from Japan\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eShinji Yamashita\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 12.\u003c\/strong\u003e Moving and Touring in Time and Place: Korean National History Tourism to Northeast China\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eOkpyo Moon\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003ePart III:  Work, Ethnicity, and Nationality\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 13.\u003c\/strong\u003e In the Shadows and at the Margins: Working in the Korean Clubs and Bars of Osaka’s Minami Area\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eHaeng-ja Sachiko Chung\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 14.\u003c\/strong\u003e African Traders in Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eGordon Mathews\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 15.\u003c\/strong\u003e Negotiating “Home” and “Away”: Singaporean Professional Migrants in China\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBrenda S. A. Yeoh and Katie Willis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 16.\u003c\/strong\u003e “Guarded Globalization”: The Politics of Skill Recognition on Migrant Health Care Workers\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eMika Toyota\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eKeiko Yamanaka, David W. Haines, J. S. 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