Guest People : Hakka Identity in China and Abroad.
Open-access edition: DOI 10.6069/9780295805450The essays in this volume analyze and compare what it means to be Hakka in a variety of sociocultural, political, geographical, and historical contexts including Malaysia, Hong Kong, Calcutta, Taiwan, and contemporary China.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction: What Does It Mean to Be Hakka? / Nicole Constable ; 1. The Hakka or ""Guest People"" Dialect as a Sociocultural Variable in Southeast China / Myron L. Cohen; 2. Hakka Villagers in a Hong Kong City The Original People of Tsuen Wan / Elizabeth Lominska Johnson; 3. Poverty, Piety, and the Past Hakka Christian Expressions of Hakka Identity / Nicole Constable; 4. Form and Content in Hakka Malaysian Culture / Sharon A. Carstens; 5. Still ""Guest People"" The Reproduction of Hakka Identity in Calcutta, India / Ellen Oxfeld.
- 6. The Hakka Ethnic Movement in Taiwan, 1986-1991 / Howard J. Martin7. The Hakka Paradox in the People's Republic of China Exile, Eminence, and Public Silence / Mary S. Erbaugh; Glossary; References; Contributors; Index.