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UNINA9910450523903321 |
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Autore |
Chan Kwok B. |
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Titolo |
Chinese identities, ethnicity and cosmopolitanism / / Chan Kwok-bun |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-20311-X |
1-280-26758-5 |
9786610267583 |
0-203-02953-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (185 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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National characteristics, Chinese |
Chinese - Foreign countries |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-160) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Chinese Identities, Ethnicity and Cosmopolitanism; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; Foreword; Prologue; 1 Rethinking Chinese ethnicity; 2 Civic identity and ethnicity; 3 The migrant family drama; 4 The ethnicity paradox of immigrants; 5 One face, many masks; 6 Migration, dispersal and the cosmopolitan; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Drawing upon wide-ranging case study material, the book explores the ever-changing personal and cultural identity of Chinese migrants and the diverse cosmopolitan communities they create. The various models of newly-forged communities are examined with the added dimension of personal identity and the individual's place in society. With particular emphasis on the changing face of Chinese ethnicity in a range of established places of convergence, Chan draws on extensive experience and knowledge in the field to bring the reader a fresh, fascinating and ultimately very human analysis of |
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