Precarious Belongings by Chih-ming Wang , Daniel PS Goh - 9781786602244

Precarious BelongingsAffect and Nationalism in Asia\nAuthor(s): Chih-ming Wang , Daniel PS Goh \nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Rowman & Littlefield International\nISBN-13: 9781786602244, 978-1786602244\nSynopsis\nIn the midst of refugee crises, terrorist attacks and territorial disputes across the globe, nationalism remains a powerful force in generating affects of inclusion and exclusion. In Asia, inter-Asian migration, enabled and disrupted by a history of colonialism, capitalist globalization and political conflicts, has rendered the idea of nation as both politically distinct and culturally malleable.\nPrecarious Belongings: Affect and Nationalism in Asia explores the affective politics of Asian nationalism by addressing the entwined structures of precarious belonging and national feelings.\nBringing together leading scholars it looks at how the reification of nationalism in social movements, popular sentiments, online gro.