Transnational Asia: Dis/orienting Identity in the Globalized World
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
9-2014
Abstract
This article provides a phenomenological analysis of the author's transnational migratory experience situated in historical and ideological contexts. Using vertigo as a metaphor, I theorize Althusser's ideological interpellation as a process and practice of dis/orientation. Focusing on several phenomenological moments, I politicize and historicize my sense of orientedness at the intersection of my “being Japanese” and “becoming Asian” within the dialectical tension between Asia and the West. I argue that the power of ideological interpellation lies not only in the discursive logic of identity politics but more importantly in the embodied, subjectively lived, and phenomenologically significant experiences in which an individual is hailed by multidirectional ideological forces.
Department
Communication Studies
Publication Title
Communication Quarterly
Recommended Citation
Sekimoto, S. (2014). Transnational Asia: Dis/orienting Identity in the Globalized World. Communication Quarterly, 62 (4): 381-398.
DOI
10.1080/01463373.2014.922485
Link to Publisher Version (DOI)
Publisher's Copyright and Source
Copyright © 2014 Taylor and Francis Group. Article published by the Taylor and Francis Group in Communication Quarterly, volume 62, issue number 4, September-October 2014, pages 381-398. Available online on July 25, 2014: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/01463373.2014.922485
