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Citizenship and Postcolonialism: Interdisciplinary Reflections on Filipino Americans and their Pursuit of the American Dream 公民与后殖民主义:对菲律宾裔美国人及其对美国梦的追求的跨学科反思

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-05 DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.23.1.2023.04.11

A. Manalang

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Coronavirus, Imagined Location, and Disenchanted Home in Africa 冠状病毒、想象中的位置和非洲的幻灭之家

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.23.1.2023.02.14

Basile Ndjio

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This Flame Within: Iranian Revolutionaries in the United States 《内在的火焰:美国的伊朗革命者》

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.23.1.2023.02.20

A. Matin‐asgari

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How to Protect Your Daughters from "Stranger Marriage": Palestinian Families in Germany Betwixt Kinship Endogamy and Intercultural Exogamy 如何保护你的女儿免受“异族婚姻”:德国的巴勒斯坦家庭在亲属内婚制和跨文化异族通婚之间

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.23.1.2023.03.11

T. Malsch

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Front Matter 前页

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.23.1.fm

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Extalgia: Transcending the Legible Frames of Diaspora 外遗:超越散居的清晰框架

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.23.1.2023.03.27

S. Olaoluwa

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Diaspora as Translation and Decolonisation 散居:翻译与非殖民化

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.23.1.2023.02.02

S. Thangaraj

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“A ‘Little Armenia’ In The Caribbean”: The Armenian Heritage Cruise As A Simulacrum “加勒比海的‘小亚美尼亚’”:作为模拟的亚美尼亚遗产巡航

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.22.2.2022.07.04

Tsolin Nalbantian

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Maternal Becoming In The Vietnamese Transdiaspora: Kim Thúy’s Ru (2012) And Thi Bui’s The Best We Could Do (2017) 越南移民中的母性:Kim Thúy的《Ru》(2012)和Thi Bui的《The Best We Could Do》(2017)

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-23 DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.22.2.2022.05.24

J. Frelier

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China’s Evolving Diaspora Engagement Policy: Transnational Linkages And Stakeholder Perceptions 中国侨民参与政策的演变:跨国联系与利益相关者认知

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2022-07-11 DOI: 10.3138/diaspora.22.2.2022.06.16

Yan Tan, Xuchun Liu

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