Week 3 Blog Post

In “Diaspora, Transnationalism, and Asian American Studies: Positions and Debates”, Christopher Lee analyzes a compilation of sources and uses the sources to show how Asian American Studies has come to view its object of study as transnational. Upon reading this chapter, I observed that Christopher Lee has strong feelings towards introducing transnationalism into the diasporic study of Asia America because he feels that without considering transnationalism, researchers would fail to accurately describe and understand the various communities of the diasporic population. This reading obviously connects to this week’s theme of transnationalism because Christopher Lee is analyzing the impact that transnationalism has on Asian American studies. This chapter is relevant to society because it encourages future studies of the effect of transnationalism on diasporic populations throughout different communities, which can eventually lead to a better understanding of diasporic populations.

Question: What impact does the study of transnationalism have on understanding the study of diaspora in Asian American communities?

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Lee, Christopher. “Diaspora, Transnationalism, and Asian American Studies: Positions and Debates.” Displacements.

-Brittany Carlson