Transnational identities and practices in Canada / edited by Vic Satzewich and Lloyd Wong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wong, Lloyd L. (Lloyd Lee), 1950-

Satzewich, Vic, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnationalism--Social aspects--Canada.

Transnationalism.

Transnationalism--Political aspects--Canada.

Ethnicity--Canada.

Ethnicity.

Multiculturalism.

Ethnic groups.

Social aspects.

Canada.

Immigrants--Canada.

Immigrants.

Ethnic groups--Canada.

Multiculturalism--Canada.

Physical Description:

xii, 343 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, [2006]

Summary:

With contributions from some of Canada's leading historians, political scientists, geographers, anthropologists, and sociologists, this collection examines the transnational practices and identities of immigrant and ethnic communities in Canada. It looks at why members of these groups maintain ties with their homelands - whether real or imagined - and how those connections shape individual identities and community organizations. How does transnationalism establish or transform geographical, social, and ideological borders? Do homeland ties affect what it means to be "Canadian"? Do they reflect Canada's commitment to multiculturalism? Through analysis of the complex forces driving transnationalism, this comprehensive study focuses attention on an important, and arguably growing, dimension of Canadian social life.

Contents:

Introduction: The Meaning and Significance of Transnationalism / Lloyd Wong, Vic Satzewich 1

Part 1 Transnationalism in Historical and Political Perspective

1 The Politics of Transnationalism: Comparative Perspectives / Sarah V. Wayland 18

2 Transnationalism and the Age of Mass Migration, 1880s to 1920s / Christiane Harzig, Dirk Hoerder 35

3 Unmaking a Transnational Community: Japanese Canadian Families in Wartime Canada / Pamela Sugiman 52

Part 2 Contemporary Patterns

4 Characteristics of Immigrant Transnationalism in Vancouver / Daniel Hiebert, David Ley 71

5 Transnational Urbanism: Toronto at a Crossroads / Valerie Preston, Audrey Kobayashi, Myer Siemiatycki 91

6 Contentious Politics and Transnationalism from Below: The Case of Ethnic and Racialized Minorities in Quebec / Micheline Labelle, Francois Rocher, Ann-Marie Field 111

7 The Caribbean Community in Canada: Transnational Connections and Transformations / Alan B. Simmons, Dwaine E. Plaza 130

8 The Maple-Neem Nexus: Transnational Links of South Asian Canadians / Dhiru Patel 150

9 The Invisible Transnationals? Americans in Canada / Kim Matthews, Vic Satzewich 164

10 Latin American Transnationalism in Canada: Does It Exist, What Forms Does It Take, and Where Is It Going? / Luin Goldring 180

11 The New "In-Between" Peoples: Southern-European Transnationalism / Luis L.M. Aguiar 202

12 Whose Transnationalism? Canada, "Clash of Civilizations" Discourse, and Arab and Muslim Canadians / Sedef Arat-Koc 216

13 Chinese Transnationalism: Class and Capital Flows / Lloyd Wong, Connie Ho 241

14 Raising the Iron Curtain: Transnationalism and the Croatian Diaspora since the Collapse of 1989 / Daphne Winland 261

15 Canadian Jewry and Transnationalism: Israel, Anti-Semitism, and the Jewish Diaspora / Stuart Schoenfeld, William Shaffir, Morton Weinfeld 278

Conclusion: Directions for Future Research / Vic Satzewich, Lloyd Wong 296.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references: pages ([299]-325) and index.

ISBN:

0774812834

OCLC:

63467721

Publisher Number:

9780774812832