Week 3: Transnationalism

Christopher Lee seeks to discuss in “Diaspora, Transnationalism, and Asian American Studies: Positions and Debates” about how the Asian American Studies come to be an object of study as transnational.  Diaspora, a terminology that Lee considers to be key in this topic, is described as a study that offers new models for researching and understanding community and identity in an era of globalization.  In addition, Lee also talks about how diaspora also opens a range of comparison between communities that have experienced displacement and dispersal.  I think that when writing about diaspora, there definitely needs to have the inclusion of globalization and communities.  From what we’ve been learning, diaspora seems to be a phenomenon affected by those two factors.  These ideas definitely connect to the theme of transnationalism and including the transcendence of boundaries and interconnectivity.  One question that I do have for this reading is that how can we define diaspora in a way where it can be simple enough but conclusive where it doesn't have to be a changing terminology anymore?

Works cited:

Anderson, Wanni W. Displacements and Diasporas Asians in the Americas. New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers UP, 2005. Print.

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