ISBN:
9781461632696
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (248 pages)
Series Statement:
AsiaWorld
Parallel Title:
Print version Park, Yoon Jung A Matter of Honour : Being Chinese in South Africa
DDC:
304.868051
Keywords:
Chinese - South Africa - History
Abstract:
A Matter of Honour examines the shifting social, ethnic, racial, and national identities of Chinese South Africans over time. Park's study breaks away from the often narrow enquiries into ethnic and national identity in South Africa, offering valuable new perspectives on this shifting terrain of study
Abstract:
A Matter Of Honour -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE: SOJOURNERS TO SETTLERS -- Early constructions of Chinese identity in South Africa -- CHAPTER TWO: APARTHEID-ERA CONSTRUCTIONS -- White, non-white, and honorary white -- CHAPTER THREE: THE SYMBOLIC CENTRE -- The influence of China, real and mythical -- CHAPTER FOUR: WHITENING AND UPWARD MOBILITY -- Shifting race, class, and social position -- CHAPTER FIVE: OUR OWN LITTLE BOX -- Cultural and ethnic identity -- CHAPTER SIX: AFTER APARTHEID -- The impact of exclusion and globalisation on identity and 'home' -- CHAPTER SEVEN: MOVEMENTS IN AND OUT OF SOUTH AFRICA -- New identity constructions -- CONCLUSION -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- RESEARCH METHODS AND SOURCES
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