Essays about: "Chinese diaspora"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words Chinese diaspora.

1. 1. Attitudes towards Qingtian dialect among Qingtianese in Sweden

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

   Author : Simon Wefer; [2022]
   Keywords : Qingtian – language attitudes – Chinese diaspora – heritage dialect – language shift; 青田 - 语言态度 - 华人散居 - 传承方言 - 语言替换;

   Abstract : Emigrants from Qingtian County (Zhejiang province, China) have a long and rich history in Europe, but to date, little research has been done on their unique language, or its role in Qingtianese diaspora communities. Drawing inspiration from other studies about attitudes towards, and use of, Chinese heritage dialects in China and overseas, the author examines attitudes toward Qingtian dialect using established quantitative and qualitative sociolinguistic research methods. READ MORE

3. 2. Transculturalism and Modernism in Leung Ping-kwan ́s writing

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för Asien-, Mellanöstern- och Turkietstudier

   Author : Andrén Ingegerd; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : More than 45 million ethnic Chinese are settled outside China and about 20 % among them live in America. The aim of this study is to investigate how a Hong Kong writer in the diaspora has been influenced in his writing in a transcultural and modernist direction and in what way translation can be a part of transculturalism. READ MORE

4. 3. Chinese Digital Diasporic Media and The Shaping of Identity: The Case of UKzone

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Yihan Qiu; [2020]
   Keywords : China; Chinese media; Diaspora; Digital diaspora; WeChat; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The expansion of Chinese media’s global influence has attracted many attentions around the world. When scholars focus on describing how the state-owned media extend beyond borders to reach audience around the globe, the long-existed Chinese diasporic media overseas are lack of discussion. READ MORE

5. 4. A Thai who has Chinese blood: Acculturation and identity perception among the third generation Sino-Thai in Bangkok

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Palita Prattanasanti; [2019]
   Keywords : Acculturation; Acculturation strategies; Sino-Thai; Chinese diaspora; Identity perception; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Bangkok is a multicultural metropolis where different cultures are exchanged and frequently in contact. The Chinese diaspora has settled in Bangkok for a long period of time. The intermarriage between the Thai and the Chinese has created a complex identity known as Sino-Thai for their descendants. READ MORE

6. 5. “Are We What We Eat?” Negotiating Identities Through Cuisine and Consumption : A Thing Theory Approach to Alison Wong’s As The Earth Turns Silver

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Man Ting Yiu; [2018]
   Keywords : Thing Theory; Materiality; Food; Objects; Cuisine; Consumption; Culinary Narrative; Diaspora; Transcultural; Hybridity; Intersectionality; Transference; Craft; Creative Writing;

   Abstract : Culinary narratives are frequently employed to portray migrant identities and societies in Asian diaspora literature This thesis examines cuisine and consumption in Alison Wong’s As The Earth Turns Silver by highlighting the socio-political linkages between material culture and ethnic identity formation of Chinese migrants in New Zealand. Using Brown’s thing theory, food is reframed as site of meaningful discourse to interrogate the role of cuisine and consumption in mediating the migrant experience. READ MORE