At Home in the Chinese Diaspora : Memories, Identities and Belongings /

This book explores how memories are used to re-establish a sense of belonging, analyzing the relationships between migrants' adjustment, assimilation and re-membering home. It considers memories as social expressions as well as the tensions and conflicts in representing and renegotiating memori...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Davidson, Andrew P. (Editor), Eng, Kuah-Pearce Khun (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2008.
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Summary:This book explores how memories are used to re-establish a sense of belonging, analyzing the relationships between migrants' adjustment, assimilation and re-membering home. It considers memories as social expressions as well as the tensions and conflicts in representing and renegotiating memories in literature and cinema.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (XI, 259 pages)
ISBN:9780230591622
DOI:10.1057/9780230591622