Chinese Identities, Ethnicity and Cosmopolitanism

Informationen zum Autor Chan Kwok-bun is Head of the Department of Sociology and Director of the David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies at the Baptist University of Hong Kong. Klappentext "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. Zusammenfassung This is a study of ethnicity, hybridity and cosmopolitanism among Chinese migrants. Using detailed examples, the author analyzes the issues with new perspectives, identifying flaws in classic sociology and rethinking assumptions about identity and selfhood. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue: When Strangers Meet 1. Rethinking Assimilation and Chinese Ethnicity in Thailand 2. Civic Identity and Chinese Ethnicity in a Market Town in Thailand 3. The Migrant Family Drama of Mainland Chinese Immigrants in Singapore 4. The Ethnicity Paradox of Hong Kong Immigrants in Singapore 5. One Face, Many Masks: The Singularity and Plurality of Chinese Identity in Singapore 6. Migration, Dispersal, and the Chinese Cosmopolitan 7. Epilogue: Inner Hybridity in the City

Product details

• Authors: Kwok Bun Chan, Kwok Bun (Hong Kong Baptist University) Chan, Kwok-Bun Chan, Chan Kwok-bun
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2005
• EAN: 9780415369299
• ISBN: 978-0-415-36929-9
• No. of pages: 169
• Series: Chinese Worlds
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; China, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, HISTORY / Asia / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, HISTORY / Asia / China, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Colonialism & imperialism, Regional Studies, Social and cultural anthropology, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General