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America's Encounters with Vietnam: Empire, Refugees, Diasporas 美国与越南的相遇:帝国、难民、侨民

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2019-04-01 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.20.2.007

Vinh Nguyen

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引用次数: 0

Diaspora No More? The Role of Facebook in the Development of a Global Rotuman Community 不再流散?Facebook在全球Rotuman社区发展中的作用

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2019-04-01 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.20.2.003

A. Howard

引用次数: 2

Global Economy, Citizenship Pluralism, Transmigrant Mobility, and the Sojourn-Immigrant Vietnamese Americans 全球经济、公民多元化、移民流动和旅居越南裔美国人

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2019-04-01 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.20.2.002

A. Nguyen

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引用次数: 1

Marriage and Social Boundaries among British Pakistanis 英裔巴基斯坦人的婚姻和社会边界

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2018-05-11 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.20.1.003

P. Wood

引用次数: 5

Multifarious Transnational Engagements of Contemporary Diaspora Members: From Revolving-Door Universalists to Multinationals and Site-Hopping Vagabonds 当代散居成员的多种跨国参与:从旋转门的普遍主义者到跨国公司和四处游荡的流浪汉

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2018-05-11 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.20.1.002

E. Morawska

引用次数: 0

Between Middlemen and Interlopers: History, Diaspora, and Writing on the Lebanese of West Africa 中间人与闯入者之间:西非黎巴嫩人的历史、流散与写作

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2018-05-11 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.20.1.004

I. Malki

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引用次数: 1

History in Place: Territorialized Cosmopolitanism in Teju Cole’s Open City 就地历史:特朱·科尔的《开放城市》中的地域化世界主义

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2018-05-11 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.20.1.006

Emily Johansen

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引用次数: 2

“You Speak Greek Well . . . (for an Australian)”: Homeland Visits and Diaspora Identity “你希腊语说得很好……”(对澳大利亚人来说):祖国访问和侨民身份

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2018-05-11 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.20.1.005

Jill C. Murray

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引用次数: 4

The Portuguese Empire and the Lusophone Postcolony as Diasporas 葡萄牙帝国与散居的葡语后殖民地

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2018-05-11 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.20.1.001

Anna M. Klobucka

引用次数: 0

When the Guest becomes the Host: Review of Familiar Strangers: The Georgian Diaspora and the Evolution of the Soviet Empire 当客人成为主人:回顾熟悉的陌生人:格鲁吉亚侨民和苏联帝国的演变

Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies Pub Date : 2017-05-18 DOI: 10.3138/DIASPORA.19.2-3.351

P. Manning

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引用次数: 3