Crossing boundaries : ethnicity, race, and national belonging in a transnational world / edited by Brian D. Behnken and Simon Wendt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Behnken, Brian D., editor.

Wendt, Simon, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nationalism--Social aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Nationalism.

Ethnicity--Political aspects--Cross-cultural studies.

Ethnicity.

Transnationalism--Cross-cultural studies.

Transnationalism.

Emigration and immigration--Cross-cultural studies.

Emigration and immigration.

Ethnicity--Political aspects.

Nationalism--Social aspects.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

vii, 330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2013]

Summary:

Crossing Boundaries: Ethnicity, Race, and National Belonging in a Transnational World explores ethnic and racial nationalism within a transnational and transcultural framework in the long twentieth century (late nineteenth to early twenty-first century). The contributors to this volume examine how national solidarity and identity-with their vast array of ideological, political, intellectual, social, and ethno-racial qualities-crossed juridical, territorial, and cultural boundaries to become transnational; how they altered the ethnic and racial visions of nation-states throughout the twentieth century; and how they ultimately influenced conceptions of national belonging across the globe. Human beings live in an increasingly interconnected, transnational, and global world. National economies are linked, worldwide, information can be transmitted around the world in seconds, and borders are more transparent and fluid. In this process of transnational expansion, the very definition of what constitutes a nation and nationalism in many parts of the world has been expanded to include individuals from different countries, and, more importantly, members of ethno-racial communities. But crossing boundaries is not a new phenomenon. In fact, transnationalism has a long and sordid history that has not been fully appreciated. Scholars and laypeople interested in national development, ethnic nationalism, as well as world history will find Crossing Boundaries indispensable. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Politics of Belonging on a Caribbean Borderland: The Colombian Islands of San Andrés and Providencia / Sharika D. Crawford Crawford, Sharika D. 19

2 "To the Reconciliation of All Dominicans": The Transnational Trials of Dominican Exiles in the Trujillo Era / Charlton W. Yingling Yingling, Charlton W. 39

3 Mexico's American/America's Mexican: Cross-border Flows of Nationalism and Culture between the United States and Mexico / Brian D. Behnken Behnken, Brian D. 63

4 Nuestro USA?: Latino/as Making Home and Reimagining Nation in the Heartland / Marta Maria Maldonado Maldonado, Marta Maria 83

5 Imperial Citizenship and the Origins of South African Nationalism, 1902-1923 / Charles V. Reed Reed, Charles V. 103

6 "An African Nation in the Western Hemisphere": The New Afrikan Independence Movement and Black Transnational Revolutionary Nationalism / Paid Karolczyk Karolczyk, Paid 123

7 Transnational Ethnic Identities and Garinagu Political Organizations in the Diaspora / Doris Garcia Garcia, Doris 141

8 Avoiding Vagabond Nationality: The Emergence of Ivoirité 1990s Cóte d'Ivoire / Karen Morris Morris, Karen 161

9 Russians in Manchuria: From Imperial to National Identity in Colonial and Semi-colonial Space / Frank Grüner Grüner, Frank 183

10 Japan's Race War: Transnational Dimensions of the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines, 1942-1945 / David C. Earhart Earhart, David C. 207

11 Creating a European Constitutional Monarchy for Afghanistan: The Transnational Dynamics of Afghanistan's Constitutional Period / Kristina Benson Benson, Kristina 241

12 "So Tired of the Parts I had to Play": Anna May Wong and German Orientalism in the Weimar Republic / Pablo Dominguez Andersen Andersen, Pablo Dominguez 261

13 About "Thunderstorms of History" and a Society in Crisis: Transnationalizing the Study of Ethnic Nationalism in Southeastern Europe / Nenad Stefanov Stefanov, Nenad 285

14 Beyond the Straight State: On the Borderlands of Sexuality, Ethnicity, and Nation in the United States and Europe / Kevin S. Amidon Amidon, Kevin S. 301.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780739181300

0739181300

OCLC:

830813650