UID:
edoccha_9958335052202883
Format:
1 online resource (297 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
0-295-80545-5
Series Statement:
Studies on Ethnic Groups in China
Content:
The essays in this volume analyze and compare what it means to be Hakka in a variety of sociocultural, political, geographical, and historical contexts including Malaysia, Hong Kong, Calcutta, Taiwan, and contemporary China.
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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""Contents""; ""Introduction: What Does It Mean to Be Hakka? / Nicole Constable ""; ""1. The Hakka or ""Guest People"" Dialect as a Sociocultural Variable in Southeast China / Myron L. Cohen""; ""2. Hakka Villagers in a Hong Kong City The Original People of Tsuen Wan / Elizabeth Lominska Johnson""; ""3. Poverty, Piety, and the Past Hakka Christian Expressions of Hakka Identity / Nicole Constable""; ""4. Form and Content in Hakka Malaysian Culture / Sharon A. Carstens""; ""5. Still ""Guest People"" The Reproduction of Hakka Identity in Calcutta, India / Ellen Oxfeld""
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""6. The Hakka Ethnic Movement in Taiwan, 1986-1991 / Howard J. Martin""""7. The Hakka Paradox in the People's Republic of China Exile, Eminence, and Public Silence / Mary S. Erbaugh""; ""Glossary""; ""References""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-295-98487-2
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books.
