By Ma. Miguela Soledad Cruz
The “Diaspora, Transnationalism, and Asian American Studies:
Positions and Debates,” chapter by Christopher Lee details the various ways
scholars are re-imagining the ways in which to stabilize Asian American Studies
and Asian experiences all over the world. Lee, too, includes how gender and
sexuality fits into this new diasporic perspective through feminist scholars. Additionally,
it was interesting to read about how scholars from different disciplines
discussed the definition of “diaspora,” and how both globalization and
transnationalism greatly influences its ever changing meaning. I find that
advances in technology is truly what fuels globalization, which in turn
translates to transnationalism, and finally to this emerging diasporic
perspective. Today, in school, it seems like we can travel the world with the
sharing of stories, cultures and traditions among students and professors. Having
ethnic studies has allowed students to connect to their roots, but I do still
question, like Lee, the position of Asians in America and the rest of the world
as forever travelers.
Question: How beneficial is it really to include diasporic
analysis in Asian American studies as a “way to disrupt U.S.-centric
nationalism” (32)?
Sources:
Lee, Christopher. “Diaspora, Transnationalism, and Asian
American Studies: Positions and Debates.” Displacements
and Diasporas: Asians in the Americas. Ed. Wanni W. Anderson and Robert G.
Lee. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2005. 23-38. Print.
Knott, Kim. Moving
People Changing Places. Lancaster University, 2011. Web. 1 Oct. 2015.
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