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Record Nr.

UNINA9911008922403321

Titolo

Unpacking discourses on Chineseness : the cultural politics of language and identity in globalizing China / / edited by Shuang Gao and Xuan Wang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol, UK ; ; Blue Ridge Summit : , : Multilingual Matters, , [2021]

©2021

ISBN

9781800413849

180041384X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (191 pages)

Collana

Encounters ; ; v. 20

Disciplina

306.44/0951

Soggetti

Sociolinguistics - China

Language and culture - China

Chinese language - Social aspects

Chinese language - Discourse analysis

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Half-Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Chineseness as Competing Discourses -- 2. Chineseness in Diaspora: Multilingualism, Heteroglossia and Fluid Ethnicity -- 3. When 'Chineseness' is Not Preferred: Accounts of Academically Elite Students from China in Singapore's Schools -- 4. Joseonjok YouTubers: Translating Vernacular Chineseness in South Korea -- 5. Framing Chineseness and Indonesianness on the Periphery -- 6. Narrating the Future Self: Strategic Stylisation and Cosmopolitan Stancetaking in Chinese IELTS Preparation Classes -- 7. Coffee, Social Space and Middle-Class Romance: Customer Writings in an Independent Coffee Shop in China -- 8. The Authenticity, Cultural Authority and Credibility of Weibo Public Intellectuals -- 9. 'Foreigners' in One's Own Land: Analysing Touristic Representations of Chineseness in the New York Times -- 10. Commentary -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book examines the complexity of Chineseness in China and the Chinese diaspora. Using critical sociolinguistic and discourse analytical



approaches, the chapters uncover the power dynamics and ideologies underlying varied constructs of Chineseness..