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Record Nr.

UNINA9910309744603321

Autore

Constable Nicole

Titolo

Guest People : Hakka Identity in China and Abroad / / edited by Nicole Constable

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University of Washington Press, 2014

Seattle : , : University of Washington Press, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

0-295-80545-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Studies on Ethnic Groups in China

Altri autori (Persone)

ConstableNicole

Disciplina

951

Soggetti

Hakka (Chinese people)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Inlcudes bibliographical references (p. 235-267) and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Introduction: What Does It Mean to Be Hakka? / Nicole Constable ""; ""1. The Hakka or ""Guest People"" Dialect as a Sociocultural Variable in Southeast China / Myron L. Cohen""; ""2. Hakka Villagers in a Hong Kong City The Original People of Tsuen Wan / Elizabeth Lominska Johnson""; ""3. Poverty, Piety, and the Past Hakka Christian Expressions of Hakka Identity / Nicole Constable""; ""4. Form and Content in Hakka Malaysian Culture / Sharon A. Carstens""; ""5. Still ""Guest People"" The Reproduction of Hakka Identity in Calcutta, India / Ellen Oxfeld""

""6. The Hakka Ethnic Movement in Taiwan, 1986-1991 / Howard J. Martin""""7. The Hakka Paradox in the People's Republic of China Exile, Eminence, and Public Silence / Mary S. Erbaugh""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

The essays in this volume analyze and compare what it means to be Hakka in a variety of sociocultural, political, geographical, and historical contexts including Malaysia, Hong Kong, Calcutta, Taiwan, and contemporary China.