| At Home in the Chinese Diaspora: Memories, Identities and Belongings 2008 Edition Contributor(s): Kuah-Pearce, K. (Editor), Davidson, A. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0230506984 ISBN-13: 9780230506985 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan OUR PRICE: $52.24 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: "At Home in the Chinese Diaspora" explores issues of memory and how memories are deployed and negotiated to re-establish a sense of belonging. This volume breaks new ground in analyzing the relationships between migrants' adjustment, assimilation, and remembering home through the focal point of memories. Some chapters focus conceptually on memories as social expressions, a locus of place, cultural capital, and imagination. Others explore the tensions and conflicts in representing and renegotiating memories through the world of literature and cinema. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social |
| Dewey: 305.895 |
| LCCN: 2007039533 |
| Physical Information: 0.81" H x 5.9" W x 8.4" (0.98 lbs) 259 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book explores how memories are used to re-establish a sense of belonging, analyzing the relationships between migrants' adjustment, assimilation and re-membering home. It considers memories as social expressions as well as the tensions and conflicts in representing and renegotiating memories in literature and cinema. |