Week 3 - Alaina Cagaligan

In chapter Diaspora, Transnationalism, and Asian American Studies, author Christopher Lee attempts to address the growing array of the Asian American Studies course to the extent of rethinking and reframing the discipline, so that the curriculum still caters to the histories and experiences of its current evolving constituents.  One that I thought intriguing was that while it is true that the accepted presence of transnationalism shakes the foundation of the course, it especially brings in a list of questions/topics such as identity formation, cultural and societal norms, multiplicity, and etc.—topics that are quickly becoming important as globalization and capitalism take over.  In many forms, the Asian American experience is gradually changing and so should the study.  Newer generations, such 1^st gen, 1.5 gen, 2^nd gen will perhaps find the diaspora and transnational studies more fitting and accountable to their experiences.  As more scholars jump into writing about transnationalism, many will later uncover more unique explanations to the behaviors and the culture that globalization evolves into—pushing the study’s boundaries further.  Question:  What other phenomena challenge and put these boundaries into spotlight aside from globalization and capitalism?

Reference:  Anderson and Lee's Displaccements and Diasporas: Asians in the Americans

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