The Way of the Bachelor - Early Chinese Settlement in Manitoba

Informationen zum Autor Alison R. Marshall is an associate professor in the Department of Religion at Brandon University. Klappentext The lives of early Japanese and Chinese settlers in British Columbia have come to define the Asian experience in Canada. Yet many men travelled beyond British Columbia to settle in small Prairie towns and cities. Chinese bachelors opened the region's first laundries and Chinese cafes. They maintained ties to the Old World and negotiated a place in the new by fostering a vibrant homosocial culture based on friendship, everyday religious practices, the example of Sun Yat-sen, and the sharing of food. This exploration of the intersection of gender and migration in rural Canada, in particular, offers new takes on the Chinese quest for identity in North America in general. With a preface by the Honourable Inky Mark, former Member of Parliament for Dauphin-Swan River-Marquette. Zusammenfassung This book documents the religious beliefs and cultural practices that helped sustain and lend meaning to Chinese bachelors in smaller towns and cities of Manitoba. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction1 Christianity and the Manitoba Kuomintang2 The Western Manitoba Laundry3 The Western Manitoba Restaurant4 Chinese Food and Identity5 The Religion of Chinese Manitobans and KMT ConfucianismConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Product details

• Authors: Alison R. Marshall
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9780774819169
• ISBN: 978-0-7748-1916-9
• No. of pages: 248
• Series: Asian Religions and Society; Asian Religions and Society
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories