Title Chineseness in Chile : shifting representations during the twenty-first century / Maria Montt Strabucchi, Carol Chan, María Elvira Ríos

Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (chiefly color) Series Studies of the Americas Studies of the Americas. Contents Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Figures -- 1. Introduction: Chineseness in Chile -- Introduction -- Historical Background: China and the Ethnic Chinese in Chile -- Situating Orientalism in Chile -- Historical Imaginary of China in Chile -- Overview of the Book Chapters -- References -- 2. The Enduring Duality of Chineseness -- China/Chineseness as Threat or Opportunity -- Polemical Discussions About China in the Twenty-First Century: Threat or Opportunity? -- China as the New Imperialist Threat -- China as a Door to New Opportunities for Chile Conclusion: China as a Double-Edged Sword or Mirror -- References -- 3. Dynamics of In/Comprehensibility -- The Silent or Incomprehensible Stranger -- Comprehending the Ethnic Chinese: Toward Greater Understanding and Distinguishing Between "Chinos" -- Problematizing Chineseness as Other/Incomprehensible -- Conclusion: Toward Chineseness as Potential or Radical Openness -- References -- 4. Racialized Femininities and Masculinities, and the Queerness of the Ethnic Chinese -- Orientalizing Ethnic Chinese/Asian Women -- Undesirable or Asexual Chinese Masculinities The Impossibility of Miscegenation -- Queering Gender/Sexual Binaries Through Chineseness -- Conclusion -- References -- 5. Marca Chile, Marca China -- The Interdependence of Marca Chile and Marca China -- (Re)Branding China in Chile -- When Marca Chile is Actually Marca China: The Global Raspberry Scandal -- Conclusion: Toward Incorporating Chineseness into Marca Chile -- References -- 6. Many-Faced Orientalism: Racism and Xenophobia in a Time of the Novel Coronavirus Covid-19 -- The Many Faces of Orientalism During the Pandemic -- The Ethnic Chinese/Asian as "Elsewhere." The Ethnic Chinese (and Chinese Products) as Threat -- China and Chinese Values as Anti-democratic -- Experiences and Responses in Chile to Anti-Chinese/Asian Racism -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- Annex -- References -- Index Summary This book explores the role of Chineseness or lo chino in the production of Chilean national identity. It does so by discussing the many voices, images, and intentions of diverse actors who contribute to stereotyping or problematizing Chineseness in Chile. The authors argue that in general, representing and perceiving China or Chineseness as the Other is part of a broader cultural and political strategy for various stakeholders to articulate Chile as either a Western country or one that is becoming-Western. The authors trace the evolution of the symbolic role that China and Chineseness play in defining racial, gendered, and class aspects of Chilean national social imaginary. In doing so, they challenge a common idea that Chineseness is a stable signifier and the simplistic perception of the ethnic Chinese as the unassimilable foreigner within the nation. In response, the authors call for a postmigrant approach to understanding identities and Chilean society beyond stubborn Orient-Occident and us-them dichotomies. Maria Montt Strabucchi is Assistant Professor in the Institute of History and Member of the Center for Asian Studies at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile. Carol Chan is Associate Professor of Sociology at Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano, Chile. Maria Elvira Rios is a researcher in the Institute of Aesthetics at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed December 28, 2021) Subject Chinese -- Chile -- Social conditions Assimilation (Sociology) -- Chile National characteristics, Chilean. Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- Chile Assimilation (Sociology) Chinese -- Social conditions Ethnic relations International relations National characteristics, Chilean Stereotypes (Social psychology) SUBJECT Chile -- Relations -- China China -- Relations -- Chile Chile -- Ethnic relations Subject Chile China Form Electronic book Author Chan, Carol, author. Ríos, María Elvira, author. ISBN 9783030839666 3030839664

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