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Chineseness in Chile : Shifting Representations During the Twenty-First Century

Chan, Carol [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender] ; Ríos, María Elvira [Mitwirkende/Mitwirkender]

Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022 [©2022]

1 online resource (244 pages)

Englisch

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LOC-SH: Assimilation (Sociology) ; Stereotypes (Social psychology)

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.