Routledge Handbook of the Vietnamese Diaspora

Routledge Handbook of the Vietnamese Diaspora presents a comprehensive overview and analysis of Vietnamese migrations and diasporas, including the post-1975 diaspora, one of the most significant and highly visible diasporas of the late twentieth century.

This handbook offers a comprehensive analysis of the processes of Vietnamese migration and highlights the variety of Vietnamese diasporic journeys, trajectories and communities as well as the richness and depth of Vietnamese diasporic literary and cultural production. The contributions across the fields of history, anthropology, sociology, literary studies, film studies and cultural studies point to the diversity of approaches relating to scholarship on Vietnamese diasporas. The handbook is structured in five parts:

I. Colonial legacies

II. Refugees, histories and communities

III. Migrant workers, international students and mobilities

IV. Literary and cultural production

V. Diasporas and negotiations

Offering multiple interpretations, representations and reconstructions of diaspora and the diasporic experience, this first reference work of the Vietnamese Diaspora will be an invaluable tool for students and researchers in the fields of Asian Studies, Asian American Studies, Refugee Studies, and Migration and Diaspora Studies.