
Beyond Belonging
East and Southeast Asian Presence, Identity and Activism in the UK
SAGE Publications Ltd (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 19. May 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-1-5296-7319-7 (ISBN)
Description
How do we build real solidarity in times of crisis?
Written by grassroots organisers from besea.n, Britain's East and South East Asian Network, this book centres the voices of East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) communities in the UK and explores what collective organising can look like beyond isolated anti-racism efforts.
Through personal stories and interviews, it examines identity, representation, migration, activism, and the barriers that have made community-building difficult. By connecting past and present struggles, it calls for stronger, shared action and a more inclusive conversation about solidarity in Britain today.
Written for activists, students, and anyone interested in community organising and anti-racism, this book offers a powerful call to move forward together.
Written by grassroots organisers from besea.n, Britain's East and South East Asian Network, this book centres the voices of East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) communities in the UK and explores what collective organising can look like beyond isolated anti-racism efforts.
Through personal stories and interviews, it examines identity, representation, migration, activism, and the barriers that have made community-building difficult. By connecting past and present struggles, it calls for stronger, shared action and a more inclusive conversation about solidarity in Britain today.
Written for activists, students, and anyone interested in community organising and anti-racism, this book offers a powerful call to move forward together.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 126 mm
Width: 177 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
258 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-5296-7319-7 (9781529673197)
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David Kam | Amy Phung | Mai-Anh Peterson
Beyond Belonging
East and Southeast Asian Presence, Identity and Activism in the UK
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05/2026
1st Edition
SAGE Publications Ltd
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Beyond Belonging
East and Southeast Asian Presence, Identity and Activism in the UK
E-Book
05/2026
1st Edition
SAGE Publications Ltd
€13.49
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David Kam | Amy Phung | Mai-Anh Peterson
Beyond Belonging
East and Southeast Asian Presence, Identity and Activism in the UK
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Persons
David Kam is a London-based Malaysian movement artist, speaker, researcher, facilitator and founder of kindredpacket. To him, movement - through a queering lens - can be a practice of resistance, relation, and reimagining. He develops and shares embodied practices of joy, care and freedom, moving communities towards reclaiming agency, celebrating expression and fostering collective wellbeing.
Amy Phung is a writer, designer, speaker, community advocate and co-founder of besea.n, Britain's East and South East Asian Network. Informed through years of cross-community solidarity building and active bystander workshop facilitation, she aims to develop her practices for transformation through art, using creativity as means to reimagine and embody new futures.
Mai-Anh Vu Peterson is a British Vietnamese, Edinburgh-based writer, strategist, facilitator and community organiser, and co-founder of the group Britain's East and South East Asian Network (besea.n). She writes about identity, activism and community building, and is an experienced speaker and facilitator of active bystander training, empowering communities to handle experiences of identity-based harm.
Amy Phung is a writer, designer, speaker, community advocate and co-founder of besea.n, Britain's East and South East Asian Network. Informed through years of cross-community solidarity building and active bystander workshop facilitation, she aims to develop her practices for transformation through art, using creativity as means to reimagine and embody new futures.
Mai-Anh Vu Peterson is a British Vietnamese, Edinburgh-based writer, strategist, facilitator and community organiser, and co-founder of the group Britain's East and South East Asian Network (besea.n). She writes about identity, activism and community building, and is an experienced speaker and facilitator of active bystander training, empowering communities to handle experiences of identity-based harm.
Content
Introduction
Chapter 1: ESEA people in the UK: a complex narrative
Chapter 2: Identity in motion
Chapter 3: Migration: how we came to be
Chapter 4: Representation and the illusion of progress
Chapter 5: Multiculturalism and mixed ESEA experiences
Chapter 6: Appropriation, exploitation and work
Chapter 7: Queering the script
Chapter 8: Organizing through crisis
Chapter 1: ESEA people in the UK: a complex narrative
Chapter 2: Identity in motion
Chapter 3: Migration: how we came to be
Chapter 4: Representation and the illusion of progress
Chapter 5: Multiculturalism and mixed ESEA experiences
Chapter 6: Appropriation, exploitation and work
Chapter 7: Queering the script
Chapter 8: Organizing through crisis