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Chinese Overseas

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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...
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Price: £17.00
Pages: 272
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Imprint: Hong Kong University Press
Publication Date: 06 April 2004
Trim Size: 9.00 X 6.01 in
ISBN: 9789622096622
Format: Paperback
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"Professor Tan Chee-Beng's major contribution is his study on Chinese acculturation (which he calls 'localization') in Malaysia and beyond, arguing that 'acculturation' does not make the ethnic Chinese lose their ethnic identity. He also maintains that on

"Chinese Overseas Comparative Cultural Issues uses the concept of a Chinese ethnological field to examine variation in the experience of Chinese in diaspora. The author brings together a set of well-documented essays that address variation in such areas a

"In Chinese Overseas, Tan Chee-Beng compares the experiences of the Chinese in Malaysia to other Chinese societies in Southeast Asia, China, the West, and beyond. Comparison within what he terms the 'Chinese ethnological field' allows Tan to observe the s
Tan Chee-Beng is Chairperson of the Department of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.