Gifts to the Sad Country
Essays on the Chinese Diaspora
This book is a study of an ethnic-Chinese family in Malaysia as it struggled with the upheavals in China during the Land Reform (1945-1953) and the Great Leap Forward (1958-1962). Based on fieldwork in Malaysia and in a village in Dabu County, Southern China, it tells a story of a family whose existence straddled two nations, two political systems. Emigration is shown to be both a positive experience and a source of despair. The study redefines the conventional narrative about the Chinese diaspora as economically driven and politically expedient; mobility, personal freedom and transnational journeying were a part of their cultural history. The book highlights the fact that Chinese homeland, even under communist rule, offered the people a means of identification under difficult circumstances. During the time of radical reform, the diaspora adapted themselves to the conditions in the homeland, and for some China remained a place of longing and emotional attachment.
| Autor: | Yao, Souchou |
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| ISBN: | 9789819715978 |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Seitenzahl: | 161 |
| Produktart: | Gebunden |
| Verlag: | Springer Singapore |
| Veröffentlicht: | 24.03.2024 |
| Untertitel: | Essays on the Chinese Diaspora |
| Schlagworte: | ASEAN asian politics chinese diasporas chinese history southeast asia |
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