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The book seeks to address how movements across cultures shape the different ways in which China and Chineseness have been imagined and represented since the beginning of the last century. In so doing, it aims to offer an overview of the debate about Chineseness as it has emerged in different global locations.

Chinese diaspora. --- Chinese --- Travelers' writings, Chinese. --- Migrations --- History

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Chinese language --- Chinese diaspora. --- Chinese --- Diaspora, Chinese --- Human geography --- Study and teaching --- Foreign speakers. --- Diaspora --- Migrations

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We are living in a world in which the visible and invisible borders between nations are being shaken at an unprecedented pace. We are experiencing a wave of international migration, and the diversity of migrants - in terms of how they identify, their external and self-image, and their participation in society - is increasingly noticeable. After the introduction of the Reform and Opening Up policy, over 10 million migrants left China, with Europe the main destination for Chinese emigration after 1978. This volume provides multidisciplinary answers to open questions: How and to what extent do Chinese immigrants participate in their host societies? What kind of impact is the increasing number of highly qualified immigrants from China having on the development and perception of overseas Chinese communities in Europe? How is the development of Chinese identity transforming in relation to generational change? By focusing on two key European countries, Germany and France, this volume makes a topical contribution to research on (new) Chinese immigrants in Europe.

Chinese diaspora --- S11/1150 --- Chinese --- Diaspora, Chinese --- Human geography --- China: Social sciences--Migration and emigration: Europe (whatever timeperiod) --- Diaspora --- Migrations

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This definitive anthology casts Sinophone studies as the study of Sinitic-language cultures born of colonial and postcolonial influences. Its transnational and comparative essays by such authors as Rey Chow, Ha Jin, Leo Ou-fan Lee, Ien Ang, Wei-ming Tu, and David Wang address debates concerning the nature of Chineseness while introducing readers to essential readings in Tibetan, Malaysian, Taiwanese, French, Caribbean, and American Sinophone literatures. By placing Sinophone cultures at the crossroads of multiple empires, this anthology richly demonstrates the transformative power of multicult

Chinese diaspora. --- Chinese --- National characteristics, Chinese. --- Chinois --- Chinois à l'étranger --- Caractéristiques nationales chinoises --- Ethnic identity --- Identité ethnique --- Chinese diaspora --- National characteristics, Chinese --- S02/0200 --- S15/0200 --- Diaspora, Chinese --- Human geography --- Chinese national characteristics --- Ethnology --- Foreign countries&delete& --- Intellectual life --- China: General works--Civilization and culture --- China: Language--General works --- Diaspora --- Migrations --- Foreign countries --- Ethnic identity. --- Intellectual life.

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Forget Chineseness" provides a critical interpretation of not only discourses of Chinese identity - Chineseness - but also of how they have reflected differences between "Chinese" societies, such as in Hong Kong, Taiwan, People's Republic of China, Singapore, and communities overseas. Allen Chun asserts that while identity does have meaning in cultural, representational terms, it is more importantly a product of its embeddedness in specific entanglements of modernity, colonialism, nation-state formation, and globalization. By articulating these processes underlying institutional practices in relation to public mindsets, it is possible to explain various epistemic moments that form the basis for their sociopolitical transformation. From a broader perspective, this should have salient ramifications for prevailing discussions of identity politics. The concept of identity has not only been predicated on flawed notions of ethnicity and culture in the social sciences but it has also been acutely exacerbated by polarizing assumptions that drive our understanding of identity politics.

S02/0200 --- S11/1100 --- China: General works--Civilization and culture, nation, nationalism --- China: Social sciences--Immigration and emigration, Overseas Chinese (huaqiao 华侨) --- Chinese diaspora --- Chinese --- National characteristics, Chinese --- Chinese national characteristics --- Ethnology --- Diaspora, Chinese --- Human geography --- Ethnic identity --- Diaspora --- Migrations --- E-books --- Chinese diaspora. --- National characteristics, Chinese. --- Ethnic identity.