Guest People : Hakka Identity in China and Abroad / / edited by Nicole Constable.
The essays in this volume analyze and compare what it means to be Hakka in a variety of sociocultural, political, geographical, and historical contexts including Malaysia, Hong Kong, Calcutta, Taiwan, and contemporary China.
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| Superior document: | Studies on Ethnic Groups in China |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Seattle : : University of Washington Press,, 1996. ©1996. |
| Year of Publication: | 2014 1996 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies on ethnic groups in China.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (297 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- ""Contents""; ""Introduction: What Does It Mean to Be Hakka? / Nicole Constable ""; ""1. The Hakka or ""Guest People"" Dialect as a Sociocultural Variable in Southeast China / Myron L. Cohen""; ""2. Hakka Villagers in a Hong Kong City The Original People of Tsuen Wan / Elizabeth Lominska Johnson""; ""3. Poverty, Piety, and the Past Hakka Christian Expressions of Hakka Identity / Nicole Constable""; ""4. Form and Content in Hakka Malaysian Culture / Sharon A. Carstens""; ""5. Still ""Guest People"" The Reproduction of Hakka Identity in Calcutta, India / Ellen Oxfeld""
- ""6. The Hakka Ethnic Movement in Taiwan, 1986-1991 / Howard J. Martin""""7. The Hakka Paradox in the People's Republic of China Exile, Eminence, and Public Silence / Mary S. Erbaugh""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""