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Chinese diaspora --- Chinese --- S11/1100 --- S11/1105 --- Diaspora, Chinese --- Human geography --- History --- China: Social sciences--Immigration and emigration, Overseas Chinese (huaqiao) --- China: Social sciences--Migration and emigration: after 1949 --- Diaspora --- Migrations --- Chinese diaspora. --- Chinois
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Based on long-term ethnographic study, this is the first comprehensive work on the Chinese popular religion in Malaysia. It analyses temples and communities in historical and contemporary perspective, the diversity of deities and Chinese speech groups, religious specialists and temple services, the communal significance of the Hungry Ghosts Festival, the relationship between religion and philanthropy as seen through the lens of such Chinese religious organization as shantang (benevolent halls) and Dejiao (Moral Uplifting Societies), as well as the development and transformation of Taoist Religion. Highly informative, this concise book contributes to an understanding of Chinese migration and settlement, political economy and religion, religion and identity politics as well the significance of religion to both individuals and communities.
Chinese --- Temples --- Architecture --- Church architecture --- Religious institutions --- Ethnology --- Religion. --- Religious architecture
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"Beyond the dichotomy of primordiality and transactionalism in anthropological theory, Professor Tan Chee-Beng adduces evolutionary psychology to illuminate the phenomenon of ethnic/communal conflict in modern democracies. He suggests that a combination of conviviality and somewhat utopian sense of cosmopolitanism amongst 'ethnies' would be needed to combat ethnic nationalism by civic or civil nationalism. The argument concerning ethnic conundrum and its possible resolution is grounded in apt illustrations from Malaysia, the U.S.A., and the People's Republic of China among other parts of the world. It is an original and provocative contribution to global studies indeed.” —Ravindra Jain, Former Professor of Sociology and Social Anthropology and Dean, School of Social Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi This Palgrave Pivot examines why racialism is so persistent and the challenges it poses to the functioning of democracy and the attainment of national integration. It introduces an evolutionary psychology framework, which explains human innate potential to identify with and defend one’s group, but argues that racial dislike and conflicts are provoked by racial ideologies and the politics of ethnicity. By comparing the politics of race in a number of countries, including Malaysia and the United States, this book argues that attachment to one’s ethnic and religious identities does not hinder ethnic harmony. It is necessary to manage the issues of race and religion as well as promoting conviviality and cosmopolitanism for pursuing the ideal of common humanity and for maintaining a stable and meaningful democracy. This book concludes that democracy, as practiced, has some major weaknesses; as an ideal, it is still the best form of government to pursue. Chee-BengTan has taught at the University of Singapore, University of Malaya, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) and Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou. He is currently Adjunct Professor, CUHK, and Adjunct Professor, Tunku Abdul Rahman University. A cultural anthropologist, he has done research in Malaysia and China. .
Race. --- Political sociology. --- Evolutionary psychology. --- Race and Ethnicity Studies. --- Political Sociology. --- Evolutionary Psychology. --- Psychology --- Human evolution --- Mass political behavior --- Political behavior --- Political science --- Sociology --- Physical anthropology --- Sociological aspects
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This study on Dejiao, a Chinese religious organization, traces its history and development, including the formation of the different groups, as well as its distribution throughout Malaysia and Singapore.
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This book examines issues of cultural change and identity construction of Chinese overseas, as well as other important issues such as Chinese and non-Chinese relations, and cultural and economic performance. It offers a perspective of understanding Chinese overseas in nation-states and beyond, in a global context which the author describes as the Chinese ethnological field.
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Chinese --- China --- Emigration and immigration.
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Rites and ceremonies --- China --- Fujian Sheng (China) --- Fujian Sheng (China) --- Politics and government --- Civilization. --- Social life and customs.
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Food science and technology --- Ethnology. Cultural anthropology --- Southeast Asia --- East Asia --- China --- Food habits --- Food consumption --- Habitudes alimentaires --- Aliments --- Consommation --- S21/0600 --- S11/0507 --- China: Medicine, public health and food--Chinese food and cookery, (incl. tea) --- China: Social sciences--Daily life: since 1976 --- Chinese --- Eating --- Food customs --- Foodways --- Human beings --- Habit --- Manners and customs --- Diet --- Nutrition --- Oral habits --- Ethnology --- Food
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