Chinese Populations in Contemporary Southeast Asian Societies

Identities, Interdependence and International Influence
1. Auflage 2001
ISBN: 978-0-7007-1398-1
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 284 Seiten, Format (B × H): 145 mm x 222 mm, Gewicht: 535 g

New perspectives on the past and present contributions of the 25 million strong Chinese diaspora in Southeast Asia to the development of contemporary society. Case studies feature organisational, community, religious, and other arenas of Chinese activity and identity definition, and the book analyses the interplay of local, regional, global and transnational networks and identities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Armstrong, M. Jocelyn

Armstrong, R. Warwick

Mulliner, Kent

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Physische Anthropologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Kultur- und Sozialethnologie: Allgemeines
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Gruppen & Klassen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 Introduction, M. Jocelyn Armstrong, R. Warwick Armstrong; Chapter 2 Historical Perspectives on Chinese in Southeast Asia, J. Norman Farmer; Chapter 3 Ethnic Chinese in Southeast Asia and their Economic Role, Leo Suryadinata; Chapter 4 Chinese Commercial Organizations in Singapore and Transnational Connections with Malaysia, Hong Liu; Chapter 5 Chinese Chambers of Commerce in the Philippines: Communal, National and International Influence, Theresa Chong Carino; Chapter 6 The Localization of Christianity among Chinese in Singapore and Malaysia, Jean DeBernardi; Chapter 7 World Religions as a Source of Power among Chinese Women in Malaysia, Judith Nagata; Chapter 8 Border Crossings: Hakka Chinese Lessons in Diasporic Identities, Sharon A. Carstens; Chapter 9 Chinese in Southeast Asia and Identities in a Changing Global Context, Tan Chee Beng; Chapter 10 Diaspora Chinese in the Asia-Pacific: Transnational Practices and Structured Inequalities, Donald M. Nonini;

Über Autor(innen)

M. Jocelyn Armstrong, R. Warwick Armstrong, Kent Mulliner