| Chinese Identities, Ethnicity and Cosmopolitanism Contributor(s): Chan, Kwok Bun (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415369290 ISBN-13: 9780415369299 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $152.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: "Chinese Identities, Ethnicity and Cosmopolitanism "explores the ever-changing personal and cultural identity of Chinese migrants and the diverse cosmopolitan communities they create. Within these communities migrants face a fight between departure and destination cultures. This book considers the consequences of this conflict of identity and the numerous possible outcomes from cultural assimilation to the emergence of mutually developed hybrid cultures. Using extensive case study material, various models of newly-forged communities are examined. The book analyses the individual's place in society, as well as the conflict between personal ethnic identity, and migration, integration and cultural conversion. Chan highlights the point that communities are not homogenous but composed of an array of motives, aims and degrees of receptivity. "Chinese Identities, Ethnicity and Cosmopolitanism "emphasizes the changing face of Chinese ethnicity. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Asia - China - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General |
| Dewey: 305.895 |
| LCCN: 2004028629 |
| Series: Chinese Worlds |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6.28" W x 9.56" (0.98 lbs) 169 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Chinese |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 migration, culture, identity and the self. |