Vietnamese Diaspora in a Transnational Context

Anna Vu is a sociologist from Montreal, Canada. Her research focuses on various aspects of the Vietnamese diaspora experience, both in Canada and globally. She has published articles on diaspora politics and identity formation, collective trauma and memory and commemoration. Her current project examines the issue of labour precarity in the Vietnamese nail salon industry. Vic Satzewich is Professor of Sociology at McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. He is past president of the Canadian Sociological Association. His most recent books include Points of Entry: How Canada’s Immigration Officers Decide Who Gets In(University of British Columbia Press, 2015) and ‘Race’ and Ethnicity in Canada: A Critical Introduction (Oxford University Press, 2021).

• AcknowledgementsList of Figures and TablesNotes on ContributorsIntroductionAnna Vu and Vic Satzewich1 Negotiating Identities: The 1964 Return of the Francophone Polynesian Vietnamese to VietnamGisele Bousquet2 Social Mobility and the Meaning of Freedom among Vietnamese Refugees and ImmigrantsTuan Hoang3 Belonging in the UK Vietnamese Community: Second-Generation ExperiencesTamsin Barber4 The Politics of Remembering: Intergenerational Tensions in the Vietnamese DiasporaAnna Vu5 Transnational Vietnamese: Germany and BeyondGertrud Hüwelmeier6 Pro-Democracy Activism in the Vietnamese Diaspora: Transgressing Cold War–Era Divisions in the Era of Social MediaGrażyna Szymańska-Matusiewicz7 Capitalist Lack: Vietnamese American Remittances as Cultural Supplement and Political CritiqueIvan V. Small8 Traditional Characteristics and New Dimensions: Vietnamese American Self-Employment in the Twenty-First CenturyC. N. Le9 The Price of Nailing It: Emotional Labour in the Nail Salon IndustryAnna Vu10 Vietnamese Women in the Australian Defence Force: Minorities, Histories and Cultural HeritageNathalie Huynh Chau NguyenIndex