The Chinese Face in Australia Multi-generational Ethnicity among Australian-born Chinese /

• Main Authors: Ngan, Lucille Lok-Sun (Author), Kwok-bun, Chan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Sociology.; Clinical psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Social Sciences.; Sociology, general.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Clinical Psychology.

The Chinese Face in Australia Multi-generational Ethnicity among Australian-born Chinese Lucille Lok-Sun Ngan and Chan Kwok-bun They have been settled for three, four, five and even six generations and have strong national and cultural identities grounded in Australia. Yet Chineseness remains centra...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Chineseness and The Chinese Diaspora
• Constructing and Performing Chineseness
• The Voice of a Woman: Doreen Cheong
• The Voice of a Man: Reg Mu Sung
• Authenticity and Physicality: Chineseness in Cultural and Racial Discourses
• Chineseness Through the Life Course
• Decentered Linkages and Hybridity: The Ambivalence of Chineseness as Identity
• Conclusion.