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Through oral histories, memoirs, and Facebook posts of Vietnamese adults who entered Australia as children after the Vietnam War, this book provides insight into the memories of forced migrant childhoods and histories, as well as the complexities of national and transnational identity and belonging in digital diaspora.
List of contents
Introduction: A Refugee and Digital Diaspora Study Part I: Migration and Digital Diaspora 1. Digital Diaspora: Vietnamese Refugees on Facebook 2. Unaccompanied Minors: Transitional Memories to 'Home' on Facebook Part II: Childhood and Becoming Refugees 3. Gratitude: Vietnamese Boat Children, Journeys, and Rescues 4. Refugee Childhood: Agency, Self Determination, Belonging Part III: Complexities of Real and Digital Belonging 5. Vietnamese Adoptees: Complexities of Belonging 6. Second-Generation Vietnamese: Inheritance of Refugee History Epilogue: Historical Continuity in Diaspora
About the author
Anh Nguyen Austen is an Associate Research Fellow with the Research Centre for Refugees, Migration, and Humanitarian Studies at the Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences of Australian Catholic University. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College, Harvard Divinity School, and completed her PhD at the University of Melbourne.
Summary
Through oral histories, memoirs, and Facebook posts of Vietnamese adults who entered Australia as children after the Vietnam War, this book provides insight into the memories of forced migrant childhoods and histories, as well as the complexities of national and transnational identity and belonging in digital diaspora.
