Chinatowns around the world : gilded ghetto, ethnopolis, and cultural diaspora

Author(s)

• Wong, Bernard P.
• Tan, Chee Beng

Bibliographic Information

Chinatowns around the world : gilded ghetto, ethnopolis, and cultural diaspora

edited by Bernard P. Wong and Tan Chee-Beng

Brill, 2013

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

The phenomenon of "Chinatown" has been of great interest to the general public as well as scholars. Movies and story books have made Chinatown to be exotic, mysterious, gangster filled, and sometimes, a gilded ghetto, an ethnopolis, a cultural diaspora as well as a model community. The authors of Chinatowns around the World seek to expose the social reality of Chinatowns with empirical data. The authors also examine the changing nature and functions of Chinatowns around the world while scrutinizing how factors emanating from larger societies and other external factors have shaped Chinatown development and transformation. The activities of the recent Chinese transnational migrants are also critically appraised.

Table of Contents

Introduction Chinatowns around the World Bernard Wong Chapter One Vancouver Chinatown in Transition Peter S. Li and Xiaoling Li Chapter Two From Mott Street to East Broadway: Fuzhounese Immigrants and the Revitalization of New York's Chinatown Kenneth J. Guest Chapter Three The New Trends in American Chinatowns: The Case of the Chinese in Chicago Huping Ling Chapter Four Chinatown Sydney: A Window on the Chinese Community Christine Inglis Chapter Five The Chinatown in Peru and the Changing Peruvian Chinese Communities Isabelle Lausent-Herrera Chapter Six Chinatown Havana: One Hundered and Sixty Years below the Surface Adrian H. Hearn Chapter Seven Problematizing "Chinatowns": Conflicts and Narratives Surrounding Chinese Quarters in and around Paris Chuang Ya-Han and Anne-Christine Tremon Chapter Eight Chinatown-Lisbon? Portrait of a Globalizing Present over a National Background Paula Mota Santos Chapter Nine Ikebukuro Chinatown in Tokyo: The First "New Chinatown" in Japan Yamashita Kiyomi Chapter Ten Chinatowns: A Reflection Tan Chee-Beng

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BB13716549
• ISBN:
  • 9789004250079
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden
• Pages/Volumes: xi, 306 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • DC23 : 307.76
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Chinatowns
  • LCSH : Chinese -- Foreign countries -- Social life and customs
  • LCSH : Chinese -- Foreign countries -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Immigrants -- Social life and customs
  • LCSH : Immigrants -- Social conditions
  • LCSH : Chinese -- Migrations
  • LCSH : Community life -- Case studies