Chinese overseas : comparative cultural issues /

"This book examines issues of cultural change and identity construction of Chinese overseas, as well as other important issues such as Chinese and non-Chinese relations, and cultural and economic performance. It offers a perspective of understanding Chinese oversease in nation-states and beyond...

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Tan, Chee-Beng.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, ©2004.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chinese ethnological field : anthropological studies of chinese communities worldwide
  • Acculturation, ethnicity, and ethnic Chinese
  • Chinese migration, localization and the production of Baba culture
  • Chinese identities in Malaysia
  • Ethnic Chinese : language, nationality and identity
  • Ethnic Chinese and ethnic relations : some economic explanations
  • Culture and economic performance with special reference to the Chinese in Southeast Asia.