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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453759403321

Titolo

Chinatowns around the world : gilded ghetto, ethnopolis, and cultural diaspora / / edited by Bernard P. Wong and Tan Chee-Beng

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Leiden : , : Brill, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-25590-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (318 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TanChee-Beng

WongBernard P

Disciplina

307.76

Soggetti

Chinatowns

Chinese - Migrations

Chinese - Foreign countries - Social conditions

Chinese - Foreign countries - Social life and customs

Community life

Immigrants - Social conditions

Immigrants - Social life and customs

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

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Chinatowns Around the World / Bernard P. Wong -- Vancouver Chinatown in Transition / Peter S. Li and Eva Xiaoling Li -- From Mott Street to East Broadway : Fuzhounese Immigrants and the Revitalization of New York's Chinatown / Kenneth J. Guest -- The New Trends in American Chinatowns : The Case of the Chinese in Chicago / Huping Ling -- Chinatown Sydney : A Window on the Chinese Community / Christine Inglis -- The Chinatown in Peru and the Changing Peruvian Chinese Communities / Isabelle Lausent-Herrera -- Chinatown Havana : One Hundred and Sixty Years Below the Surface / Adrian H. Hearn -- Problematizing "Chinatowns" : Conflicts and Narratives Surrounding Chinese Quarters in and around Paris / Ya-Han Chuang and Anne-Christine Tremon.

Sommario/riassunto

The phenomenon of “Chinatown” has been of great interest to the general public as well as scholars. Movies and story books have made



Chinatown to be exotic, mysterious, gangster filled, and sometimes, a gilded ghetto, an ethnopolis, a cultural diaspora as well as a model community. The authors of Chinatowns around the World seek to expose the social reality of Chinatowns with empirical data. The authors also examine the changing nature and functions of Chinatowns around the world while scrutinizing how factors emanating from larger societies and other external factors have shaped Chinatown development and transformation. The activities of the recent Chinese transnational migrants are also critically appraised.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451336203321

Autore

Irvine Robert P. <1965, >

Titolo

Jane Austen / / Robert P. Irvine

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2005

ISBN

1-134-38035-6

1-280-16828-5

0-203-50436-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 p.)

Collana

Routledge guides to literature

Classificazione

18.05

Disciplina

823/.7

Soggetti

Women and literature - England - History - 19th century

Love stories, English - History and criticism

Middle class in literature

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

Includes bibliographical references (p. [166]-179) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations and referencing; Introduction; 1 Life  and  contexts; 2 Works; 3 Criticism; 4 Austen on screen; Bibliography; Index;

Sommario/riassunto

Robert P. Irvine's guide to Jane Austen and her work is essential reading for students of English Literature. It is suitable both for students at introductory level, as extended reading, or for those beginning a detailed study of Austen.