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A matter of honour : being Chinese in South Africa
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Title
A matter of honour : being Chinese in South Africa / Yoon Jung Park.
ISBN
9780739135532 (cloth : alk. paper)
0739135538 (cloth : alk. paper)
Edition
1st Rowman & Littlefield ed.
Published
Lanham, MD : Lexington Books/Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2009.
Physical Description
x, 220 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Notes
Originally published: Auckland Park, South Africa : Jacana, 2008.
Variant and related titles
Matter of honor
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 03, 2009
Series
AsiaWorld
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-207) and index.
Contents
Sojourners to settlers : early constructions of Chinese identity in South Africa
Apartheid-era constructions : white, non-white, and honorary white
The symbolic centre : the influence of China, real and mythical
Whitening and upward mobility : shifting race, class, and social position
Our own little box : cultural and ethnic identity
After apartheid : the impact of exclusion and globalisation on identity and 'home'
Movements in and out of South Africa : new identity constructions.
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