Outside and In-Between: Theorizing Asian-Canadian Exclusion and the Challenges of Identity Formation
Published on 9. September 2021
Book
Hardback
284 pages
978-90-04-46138-3 (ISBN)
Description
Asian Canadians-whether immigrant, international students, naturalized, native-born, or other-are hampered in their exploration and articulation of self by the dearth of critical writing both for them, and by them. Despite the influx of Asian students and their inflated tuition rates to Canadian postsecondary institutions, they are strikingly underrepresented in the literature of the academy. Critical theory focusing on Asian identity, anti-Asian racism, and the Asian-Canadian experience is limited, or presented as an artifact of the past.
Across the globe-but particularly in the English-speaking West-the internationalization of higher education continues its upward trend. 2017 data from the Canadian Bureau for International Education positioned Canada as the fourth-leading destination for international students seeking post-secondary education. The fact that the vast majority of international students at Canadian colleges and universities come from Asia has been well documented in domestic media, but the lived experiences and perspectives of these transnational individuals have not. This edited collection provides much-needed theorizing of Asian-Canadian lived experiences, focusing on such themes as: multiculturalism, diversity, race, culture, agency, education, community activism, citizenship, identity, model minority myths, gender, colonization, neoliberalism, and others.
Contributors include: Sarah Alam, Syed Fahad Ali, Wallis Caldoza, Valerie G. Damasco, Grace Garlow, Allison Lam, Kailan Leung, Juanna Nguyen, Dionisio Nyaga, Jasmine Pham, Vania Soepriatna, Tika Ram Thapa and Rose Ann Torres.
Across the globe-but particularly in the English-speaking West-the internationalization of higher education continues its upward trend. 2017 data from the Canadian Bureau for International Education positioned Canada as the fourth-leading destination for international students seeking post-secondary education. The fact that the vast majority of international students at Canadian colleges and universities come from Asia has been well documented in domestic media, but the lived experiences and perspectives of these transnational individuals have not. This edited collection provides much-needed theorizing of Asian-Canadian lived experiences, focusing on such themes as: multiculturalism, diversity, race, culture, agency, education, community activism, citizenship, identity, model minority myths, gender, colonization, neoliberalism, and others.
Contributors include: Sarah Alam, Syed Fahad Ali, Wallis Caldoza, Valerie G. Damasco, Grace Garlow, Allison Lam, Kailan Leung, Juanna Nguyen, Dionisio Nyaga, Jasmine Pham, Vania Soepriatna, Tika Ram Thapa and Rose Ann Torres.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 155 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
572 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-46138-3 (9789004461383)
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Dr. Rose Ann Torres, Ph.D. (2012), University of Toronto, is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social Science at the University of New Brunswick Saint John. She has published books and many articles on Asian, African, Indigenous, and Women and Gender studies.
Kailan Leung is an international educator, currently teaching and coordinating service learning initiatives at a K-12 school in Vancouver, BC. He holds a MEd degree from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, as well as a BA in English Literature from McGill University. His interests include cross-cultural identity formation, Third Culture Kids, and international education.
Vania Soepriatna is an Indonesian international student in Canada. She is currently pursuing an Education Doctorate in Social Justice Education and Comparative, International, and Developmental Education at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Her research so far has focused on diasporic identities within the international student body in higher education institutions.
Kailan Leung is an international educator, currently teaching and coordinating service learning initiatives at a K-12 school in Vancouver, BC. He holds a MEd degree from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, as well as a BA in English Literature from McGill University. His interests include cross-cultural identity formation, Third Culture Kids, and international education.
Vania Soepriatna is an Indonesian international student in Canada. She is currently pursuing an Education Doctorate in Social Justice Education and Comparative, International, and Developmental Education at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Her research so far has focused on diasporic identities within the international student body in higher education institutions.
Content
Acknowledgements
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
??Rose Ann?? ??Torres????,? ???Kailan?? ??Leung??? ?and? ???Vania?? ??Soepriatna??????
PART 1??
Theorizing Asian?Canada?
1?Critical Reflexivity
?Re-imagining Asian Canada???
??Rose Ann?? ??Torres??? ?and? ???Dionisio?????Nyaga??????
2?Mixture and Movement
?Reflections on Identity, Power and Border Crossing through the Process of? Currere
??Kailan?????Leung??????
3?Transnational Labour Migration of Filipino Nurses to Canada
?An Organized Historical, Institutional and Social Process???
??Valerie G???.? ??Damasco??????
4?Theorizing Asian Canada
??Rose Ann?????Torres???????
PART 2??
?Race, Gender, Multiculturalism,?Work?
5?South Asian Women Migrants Living in Canadabr/>
?Prospects and Challenges in the Labor Market???
??Sarah?????Alam??????
6?Unmapping Diasporic Pilipina Geographies
??Rose Ann?? ??Torres??? ?and? ???Dionisio?????Nyaga??????
7?Reciprocity Policies and Institutional Practices as Exclusionary Exceptions
?Filipino Nurses as Recruited and Excluded Subjects???
??Valerie G.?? ??Damasco??????
8?OutsourcEd
?International Practicums as Responses to Internationalization in Canadian Teacher Education???
??Kailan?????Leung??????
9?Why I Don't Talk about Being Filipino (I Think)
??Wallis?? ??Caldoza??? ?(in thought with Peyton Caldoza)?????
PART 3??
?Citizenship, Multiculturalism, Culture, Identity?
10?The Multicultural Facade
?A Colonial Performance of Diversity in Canada and Indonesia???
??Vania?? ??Soepriatna??????
11?Impact and Implications of Rap and Hip-Hop Music as a Form of Resistance
??Juanna?????Nguyen??????
12?"L'Autore Ha Musicato Fin Qui, Poi e Morto"
??Allison?????Lam??????
13?South Asian Representations in the Media
?Repetition or Progress????
??Syed Fahad?????Ali??????
14?The Fallacy of Native-Speakerism in English Language Education
??Jasmine?????Pham???????
PART 4??
Community Resistance and Activism?>
15?Feminization of Pandemics
?Experiences of Filipino Women in the Health Care System???
??Rose Ann?????Torres??????
16?Multiculturalism
?A Case for Continued Resistance for Space for Race???
??Tika Ram?????Thapa??????
17?Brokering Belonging, Shattering Silence and Interrogating Resistances
??Grace?????Garlow??????
18?Filipina Activism from a Transnational Theoretical Framework
??Rose Ann?????Torres??????
19?Framework for Developing Resilience among Filipino-Canadian Youth during the Covid-19 Pandemic
??Valerie G.?? ??Damasco??? ?and? ???Rose Ann?????Torres???????
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
??Rose Ann?? ??Torres????,? ???Kailan?? ??Leung??? ?and? ???Vania?? ??Soepriatna??????
PART 1??
Theorizing Asian?Canada?
1?Critical Reflexivity
?Re-imagining Asian Canada???
??Rose Ann?? ??Torres??? ?and? ???Dionisio?????Nyaga??????
2?Mixture and Movement
?Reflections on Identity, Power and Border Crossing through the Process of? Currere
??Kailan?????Leung??????
3?Transnational Labour Migration of Filipino Nurses to Canada
?An Organized Historical, Institutional and Social Process???
??Valerie G???.? ??Damasco??????
4?Theorizing Asian Canada
??Rose Ann?????Torres???????
PART 2??
?Race, Gender, Multiculturalism,?Work?
5?South Asian Women Migrants Living in Canadabr/>
?Prospects and Challenges in the Labor Market???
??Sarah?????Alam??????
6?Unmapping Diasporic Pilipina Geographies
??Rose Ann?? ??Torres??? ?and? ???Dionisio?????Nyaga??????
7?Reciprocity Policies and Institutional Practices as Exclusionary Exceptions
?Filipino Nurses as Recruited and Excluded Subjects???
??Valerie G.?? ??Damasco??????
8?OutsourcEd
?International Practicums as Responses to Internationalization in Canadian Teacher Education???
??Kailan?????Leung??????
9?Why I Don't Talk about Being Filipino (I Think)
??Wallis?? ??Caldoza??? ?(in thought with Peyton Caldoza)?????
PART 3??
?Citizenship, Multiculturalism, Culture, Identity?
10?The Multicultural Facade
?A Colonial Performance of Diversity in Canada and Indonesia???
??Vania?? ??Soepriatna??????
11?Impact and Implications of Rap and Hip-Hop Music as a Form of Resistance
??Juanna?????Nguyen??????
12?"L'Autore Ha Musicato Fin Qui, Poi e Morto"
??Allison?????Lam??????
13?South Asian Representations in the Media
?Repetition or Progress????
??Syed Fahad?????Ali??????
14?The Fallacy of Native-Speakerism in English Language Education
??Jasmine?????Pham???????
PART 4??
Community Resistance and Activism?>
15?Feminization of Pandemics
?Experiences of Filipino Women in the Health Care System???
??Rose Ann?????Torres??????
16?Multiculturalism
?A Case for Continued Resistance for Space for Race???
??Tika Ram?????Thapa??????
17?Brokering Belonging, Shattering Silence and Interrogating Resistances
??Grace?????Garlow??????
18?Filipina Activism from a Transnational Theoretical Framework
??Rose Ann?????Torres??????
19?Framework for Developing Resilience among Filipino-Canadian Youth during the Covid-19 Pandemic
??Valerie G.?? ??Damasco??? ?and? ???Rose Ann?????Torres???????
Index