Everyday Multiculturalism in/across Asia

Auteur

Jessica Walton researches issues on multiculturalism, identity and racism. Her recent book is titled Korean Adoptees and Transnational Adoption: Embodiment and Emotion.

Anita Harris specialises in youth citizenship. Her books include Young People and Everyday Multiculturalism and Future Girl.

Koichi Iwabuchi works on diversity and cultural citizenship. He is the author of Resilient Borders and Cultural Diversity: Internationalism, Brand Nationalism, and Multiculturalism in Japan.

Résumé
This book focuses on the empirical, theoretical and methodological considerations of using an everyday multiculturalism approach to explore the ordinary ways people live together in difference in the Asian region while also drawing attention to increasing trans-Asian mobilities.

Contenu

Introduction: everyday multiculturalism in/across Asia

Jessica Walton, Anita Harris and Koichi Iwabuchi

1. 1Malaysia? Young people and everyday multiculturalism in multiracialized Malaysia

Anita Harris and Alan Han

2. The limits of "multiculturalism without diversity": multi-ethnic students and the negotiation of "difference" in South Korean schools

Jessica Walton

3. Everyday multiculturalism in union: power construction in migrant domestic workers' unionism

Raees Begum Baig

4. Multicultural encounters in Singapore's nursing homes: a care ethics approach

Shirlena Huang and Brenda S.A. Yeoh

5. Iphones and "African gangs": everyday racism and ethno-transnational media in Melbourne's Chinese student world

Fran Martin

6. Humour at work: conviviality through language play in Singapore's multicultural workplaces

Amanda Wise and Selvaraj Velayutham