Transnational Southeast Asia

This open access book presents Southeast Asia as an interesting and conceptually meaningful site to interrogate the transnational paradigm. In featuring research from and across different nations in Southeast Asia, it asks in what ways Southeast Asia lends itself to nuanced applications of transnationalism, and what the wider cultural and collective implications of that might be. Instead of viewing the past and the present as oppositional concepts of time, a temporal continuum is applied to a time-space compression that is fundamental to the workings of the transnational paradigm in the region that we call Southeast Asia. The transnational paradigm, a conceptual tool encompassing various configurations of transnationalism across disciplines, becomes relevant for analysing global cultural flows, but not without due consideration of the nuances shaped by spatio-temporal trends. A paradigm shift in transnationalism from historical connections to contemporary connectivity is afforded by increased mobility and accelerated cultural flows, which have given rise to unprecedented economic productivity in the past century and digital connectivity in the new millennium a shift that the chapters collectively explore. Relevant to advanced students and scholars across disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, focused on Southeast Asia, this book is a timely exploration that unpicks and unpacks this long-discussed aspect within Asian 'area studies'.

Provides a comprehensive review of the rapidly expanding field of transnational studies within Southeast Asia Links identity to cultures, societies, and communities within nation-states that are undergoing globalisation Includes perspectives from Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, and the Philippines Is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access

Autorentext

Hannah Ming Yit Ho is Assistant Professor at the University of Brunei Darussalam. She is a research associate at the Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore. She was a research fellow at King's College London and University of California, Berkeley. She serves as a section editor (Southeast Asia) for The Year's Work in English Studies (Oxford University Press).

Ying-kit Chan is Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies, National University of Singapore. He was formerly a research fellow of the International Institute for Asian Studies, Leiden University. He has published widely on the histories and cultures of Southeast Asia.

Inhalt

Chapter 1 Introduction: Transnational Identities, Cultures and Challenges in Southeast Asia.- Chapter 2 South of Hong Kong, almost as big as Singapore: Transnational Identity and International Visibility in Contemporary Anglophone Bruneian Novels.- Chapter 3 (Re)negotiating Jati Diri Melayu: A Reflection on Malay Transnational Identities and Linguistic Studies in the Malay World. Chapter 4 Language Shifts and Transnational Migration in the Belait Community: A Tale of Resilience and Adaptation. Chapter 5 Between the imaginary and reality of Dunia Melayu: MABBIM as a case study of transnational cooperation in language planning.