Chinese identities, ethnicity and cosmopolitanism / / Chan Kwok-bun

• Autore: Chan Kwok B
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 2005
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (185 p.)
• Disciplina: 305.895/1059
• Soggetto topico: National characteristics, Chinese; Chinese - Foreign countries
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [149]-160) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Chinese identities, ethnicity and cosmopolitanism
• ISBN: 1-134-20310-1; 1-134-20311-X; 1-280-26758-5; 9786610267583; 0-203-02953-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813124503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Chinese worlds.