| Description |
1 online resource (x, 230 pages) |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Beyond Asia : deconstructing diaspora -- pt. 2. Beyond the West : negotiating multiculturalism -- pt. 3. Beyond identity : living hybridities |
| Summary |
In this major new book, leading cultural thinker Ien Ang engages with urgent questions of identity in an age of globalisation and diaspora. The starting point for Ang's discussion is the experience of visiting Taiwan. Ang, a person of Chinese descent, born in Indonesia and raised in the Netherlands, found herself ""faced with an almost insurmountable difficulty""--Surrounded by people who expected her to speak to them in Chinese. She writes: ""It was the beginning of an almost decade-long engagement with the predicaments of C̀€hineseness' in diaspora. In Taiwan I was different because I c |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index |
| Notes |
English |
| Subject |
Chinese -- Foreign countries -- Ethnic identity
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0203996496 |
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9780203996492 |
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9780415259125 |
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0415259126 |
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9780415259132 |
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0415259134 |
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9781134512935 |
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1134512937 |
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9781134512881 |
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1134512880 |
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9781134512928 |
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1134512929 |
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1283837390 |
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9781283837392 |
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1280111577 |
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9781280111570 |
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