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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790401603321

Autore

Li Phoebe H

Titolo

A virtual Chinatown : the diasporic mediasphere of Chinese migrants in New Zealand / / by Phoebe H. Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Brill, , 2013

ISBN

90-04-25862-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (213 p.)

Collana

Chinese overseas : history, literature, and society, , 1876-3847 ; ; volume 7

Disciplina

305.895/1093

Soggetti

Chinese - New Zealand

Chinese - New Zealand - Communication

Mass media - China

Mass media and culture - China

Immigrants - New Zealand

New Zealand Race relations

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

Preliminary Material -- Chapter One Introduction -- Chapter Two Conceptualising New Zealand Chinese Media -- Chapter Three Revisiting the History of New Zealand Chinese -- Chapter Four New Chinese Immigrants and Contemporary -- Chapter Five Ethnic Chinese Media during the 2005 New -- Chapter Six Recent PRC Migrants in the Diasporic Mediasphere -- Chapter Seven Conclusions -- Bibliography -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

What role does diasporic Chinese media play in the process of Chinese migrants' adaptation to their new home country? With China's rise, to what extent has the expansion of its \'soft power\' swayed the changing identities of the Chinese overseas? A Virtual Chinatown provides a timely and original analysis to answer such questions. Using a media and communication studies approach to investigate the reciprocal relationship between Chinese-language media and the Chinese migrant community in New Zealand, Phoebe Li goes beyond conventional scholarship on the Chinese Diaspora as practised by social historians, anthropologists and demographers. Written in an accessible



and reader-friendly manner, this book will also appeal to academics and students with interests in other transnational communities, alternative media, and minority politics.