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Against Diaspora: The Sinophone as Places of cultural Production

Year: 2014

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: The term ’Chinese diaspora’ is a construct sponsored by the Chinese state to call its ’overseas’ subjects to its fold by demanding their loyalty and longing. Used uncritically by Chinese immigrants, it can also imply a disengagement from the realities and concerns of the places of their residence. Against this paradigm, this chapter argues that Sinophone communities should be defined by the multiple Sinitic languages they speak rather than ethnicity, and that diaspora has an expiration date.

Source: Presses universitaires de la Méditerranée eBooks

DOI: 10.4000/books.pulm.8955

Author: Shu-mei Shih

Institution: University of California, Los Angeles

Language: English

Topic: Diaspora, migration, transnational identity

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4235655640

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Cites: 14

Cited by: 26

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