Lok C D Siu
Biographic Data
| ID | 277632 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lok C D Siu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lok C D |
| FAMILY NAME | Siu |
| SIGNATURE | SIU L C D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Berkeley, ca, USA, [email protected] |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Hemispheric Raciality
From Culture and Truth to Cultural Citizenship
Research Article| April 01 2012 From Culture and Truth to Cultural Citizenship: Tools for Practicing Committed Anthropology and Engaged Scholarship Lok C. D. Siu Lok C. D. Siu Lok C. D. Siu is an associate professor of anthropology and Asian American studies at the University of Texas–Austin. Her books include Memories of a Future Home: Diasporic Citizenship of Chinese in Panama (Stanford, 2005) and two coedited volumes, Asian Diasporas: New Form…
Asian Diasporas
Asian migrants are inextricably linked to contemporary debates concerning the nation-state, neoliberalism, globalization, and transnationalism. This volume brings together these streams of inquiry and proposes a synthetic approach to examine various processes of migration and community formation on a global scale. The essays included in Asian Diasporas look at the worldwide dispersal of Asian populations through the lens of diaspora. They illustr…
Memories of a Future Home
While the history of Asian migration to Latin America is well documented, we know little about the contemporary experience of diasporic Asians in this part of the world. Memories of a Future Home offers an intimate look at how diasporic Chinese in Panama construct a home and create a sense of belonging as they inhabit the interstices of several cultural-national formations—Panama, their nation of residence; China/Taiwan, their ethnic homeland; an…
Queen of the Chinese Colony
This essay examines the dynamics among diasporic Chinese in Central America and Panama by analyzing a beauty contest and the convention in which it takes place. I argue that diasporic identity and belonging are negotiated through and alongside gender by showing how gender difference is structured into the convention and how the beauty contest, as amicrocosm of the Chinese in this region, reflects the broader social conflicts and cultural transfor…
Queen of the Chinese Colony
This essay examines the dynamics among diasporic Chinese in Central America and Panama by analyzing a beauty contest and the convention in which it takes place. I argue that diasporic identity and belonging are negotiated through and alongside gender by showing how gender difference is structured into the convention and how the beauty contest, as amicrocosm of the Chinese in this region, reflects the broader social conflicts and cultural transfor…
Queen of the Chinese Colony
This essay examines the dynamics among diasporic Chinese in Central America and Panama by analyzing a beauty contest and the convention in which it takes place. I argue that diasporic identity and belonging are negotiated through and alongside gender by showing how gender difference is structured into the convention and how the beauty contest, as amicrocosm of the Chinese in this region, reflects the broader social conflicts and cultural transfor…
Asian Diasporas
Asian migrants are inextricably linked to contemporary debates concerning the nation-state, neoliberalism, globalization, and transnationalism. This volume brings together these streams of inquiry and proposes a synthetic approach to examine various processes of migration and community formation on a global scale. The essays included in Asian Diasporas look at the worldwide dispersal of Asian populations through the lens of diaspora. They illustr…
Memories of a Future Home
While the history of Asian migration to Latin America is well documented, we know little about the contemporary experience of diasporic Asians in this part of the world. Memories of a Future Home offers an intimate look at how diasporic Chinese in Panama construct a home and create a sense of belonging as they inhabit the interstices of several cultural-national formations—Panama, their nation of residence; China/Taiwan, their ethnic homeland; an…
From Culture and Truth to Cultural Citizenship
Research Article| April 01 2012 From Culture and Truth to Cultural Citizenship: Tools for Practicing Committed Anthropology and Engaged Scholarship Lok C. D. Siu Lok C. D. Siu Lok C. D. Siu is an associate professor of anthropology and Asian American studies at the University of Texas–Austin. Her books include Memories of a Future Home: Diasporic Citizenship of Chinese in Panama (Stanford, 2005) and two coedited volumes, Asian Diasporas: New Form…
Hemispheric Raciality
Diaspora, migration, transnational identity (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Asian American and Pacific Histories (2 works) · Diaspora (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works) · Immigration (2 works)