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Author Chen, Hsiang-Shui, 1946-

Title Chinatown no more : Taiwan immigrants in contemporary New York / Hsiang-Shui Chen
Published Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 1992

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 281 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Anthropology of contemporary issues
Anthropology of contemporary issues.
Contents Part I. Chinese immigration and scholars' models -- Patterns of Chinese settlement in the United States -- An approach to the Chinese in Queens -- Part II. Chinese households of three classes -- One hundred households -- The working class: three portraits -- The small business class: three portraits -- The professional class: three portraits -- Part III. Community activities -- Social services and worship -- Chinese associations as bridges -- The Chinese and the Queens Festival -- A summing up
Summary By focusing on the social and cultural life of post-1965 Taiwan immigrants in Queens, New York, this book shifts Chinese American studies from ethnic enclaves to the diverse multiethnic neighborhoods of Flushing and Elmhurst. As Hsiang-shui Chen documents, the political dynamics of these settlements are entirely different from the traditional closed Chinese communities; the immigrants in Queens think of themselves as living in "worldtown," not in a second Chinatown. Drawing on interviews with members of a hundred households, Chen brings out telling aspects of demography, immigration experience, family life, and gender roles, and then turns to vivid, humanistic portraits of three families. Chen also describes the organizational life of the Chinese in Queens with a lively account of the power struggles and social interactions that occur within religious, sports, social service, and business groups and with the outside world
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-275) and index
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Subject Chinese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions
Taiwanese Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- Cultural.
Chinese Americans -- Social conditions
Social conditions
Sociale situatie.
Chinezen.
Taiwanezen.
Chinois -- États-Unis -- New York (N.Y.) -- Conditions sociales.
Américains d'origine chinoise.
SUBJECT Queens (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions
New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions
Subject New York (State) -- New York
New York (State) -- New York -- Queens
New York (N.Y.) -- Conditions sociales.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 91055547
ISBN 9781501721366
1501721364