Mapping Chinese Rangoon : Place and Nation among the Sino-Burmese /
"One of Southeast Asia's most significant 'overseas Chinese' communities is that of the Hokkien Chinese--Han originally from Fujian Province--who have resided in Rangoon since the colonial era. This ethnography, the first study in English of the history and place of ethnic Chines...
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Format: | Électronique eBook |
Langue: | Inglés |
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London :
University of Washington Press,
[2016]
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Collection: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
Table des matières:
- Introduction: Walking toward understanding
- Hybrid Chinese places in a former colonial capital
- The Hokkien Kuanyin Temple as a center of belonging
- Chinese schools and Chineseness
- Sino-Burmese commerce and City Mart
- Chinese New Year and public space
- Conclusion: Ghosts and uncertainties
- Glossary.