1. Rethinking Chinese ethnicity -- 2. Civic identity and ethnicity -- 3. The migrant family drama -- 4. The ethnicity paradox of immigrants -- 5. One face, many masks -- 6. Migration, dispersal and the cosmopolitan
Summary
Drawing upon wide-ranging case study material, the book explores the ever-changing personal and cultural identity of Chinese migrants and the diverse cosmopolitan communities they create. The various models of newly-forged communities are examined with the added dimension of personal identity and the individual's place in society. With particular emphasis on the changing face of Chinese ethnicity in a range of established places of convergence, Chan draws on extensive experience and knowledge in the field to bring the reader a fresh, fascinating and ultimately very human analysis of
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 149-160) and index
