This book is an exploration of how Chinese communites in the United States and Germany create and disseminate a sense of diasporic Chinese identity. It not only compares the local conditions of the Chinese communities in the two locations, but also moves to a global dimension to track the Chinese transnational imaginary. Van Ziegert analyzes three strategies that overseas Chinese use to articulate their identities as diasporic subjects:
being more American/German
being more Chinese
hybridizing and commodifying Chinese culture through trans-cultural...
This book is an exploration of how Chinese communites in the United States and Germany create and disseminate a sense of diasporic Chinese identity...
