Khun Eng Kuah

Rebuilding the Ancestral Village (eBook, ePUB)

Singaporeans in China

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

First published in 2010, this title discusses the relationship between one group of Singapore Chinese and their ancestral village in Fujian in China, exploring the various reasons why the Singapore Chinese want to maintain ties with their ancestral village and how they reproduce Chinese culture.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Mai 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000588439
• Artikelnr.: 64220849

Autorenporträt

Khun Eng Kuah

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the Second Edition. Note on Romanization. 1. Introduction 2.
Constructing a Singapore Chinese Cultural Identity 3. The Ancestral Village
in Anxi County 4. Negotiating Collective Memories and Social Experiences 5.
The Moral Economy of Rebuilding the Ancestral Village 6. The Bond of
Ancestor Worship 7. Religious Revivalism 8. Rewriting Genealogy and
Reclaiming One's Cultural Roots 9. Chinese Lineage as a Cultural Network: A
Model 10. Conclusion: From Lineage to Transnational Chinese Network. Notes.
Bibliography. Glossary. Index.