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Chineseness and the Cold War. Contested Cultures and Diaspora in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong.
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Abstract
- Summary: This book explores contested notions of "Chineseness" in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong during the Cold War, showing how competing ideas about "Chineseness" were an important ideological factor at play in the region. After providing an overview of the scholarship on "Chineseness" and "Diaspora", the book sheds light on specific case studies, through the lens of the "Chinese cultural Cold War", from Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaya, Thailand, Indonesia and Vietnam. It provides detailed examples of competition for control of definitions of "Chineseness" by political or politically-oriented forces of diverse kinds, and shows how such competition was played out in bookstores, cinemas, music halls, classrooms, and even sports clubs and places of worship right across the region in the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s. The book also demonstrates how the legacies of these Cold War contestations continue to influence debates about Chinese influence -- and "Chineseness" -- in Southeast Asia and the wider region today.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISBN :
- 9781003211976
9781032078892
9781032078922
9781003211976 - ISBNs :
- 9781003211976, 9781032078892, 9781032078922, and 9781003211976
- Database :
- Jio Institute Digital Library Catalog
- Journal :
- Chineseness and the Cold War Contested Cultures and Diaspora in Southeast Asia and Hong Kong
- Notes :
- 005026, Sports Management, Open Access star Unrestricted online access, All rights reserved http://oapen.org/content/about-rights, English
- Publication Type :
- Book
- Accession number :
- jlc.oai.folio.org.fs00001072.cb0233f2.e0c5.4214.876f.2d0ddd8abfae
- Document Type :
- Book; Electronic document