Vietnamese Migrants in Australia and the Global Digital Diaspora - Histories of Childhood, Forced Migration, and Belonging

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.

Product details

• Authors: Anh Nguyen Austen, Anh (Australian Catholic University Nguyen Austen
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.10.2024
• EAN: 9780367770525
• ISBN: 978-0-367-77052-5
• No. of pages: 186
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, HISTORY / United States / 21st Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, HISTORY / Australia & New Zealand, 21st Century, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, 21st century history: from c 2000 -, South East Asia, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, United States of America, USA, Social and cultural anthropology, Australasian & Pacific history, Asian History, History of the Americas, Australasia, Australasian and Pacific history, Australia and New Zealand / Aotearoa