Chinese new migrants in Suriname : the inevitability of ethnic performing / Paul Brendan Tjon Sie Fat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tjon Sie Fat, Paul Brendan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chinese--Suriname--History.

Chinese.

Immigrants--Suriname--History.

Immigrants.

China--Emigration and immigration.

China.

Suriname--Emigration and immigration.

Suriname.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (478 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Inevitability of ethnic performing

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book covers various aspects of New Chinese Migration in Suriname in the 1990's and early 2000's.

Contents:

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; TABLE OF CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. CHINESE ETHNIC IDENTITY IN SURINAME; 3. FUIDUNG'ON HAKKAS - THE 'OLD CHINESE'; 4. THE NEW CHINESE; 5. THE PRC PRESENCE IN SURINAME; 6. MIGRATION AND CHANGING PUBLIC PERCEPTIONS; 7. THE 'OLD CHINESE' ROUTE TO PARTICIPATION: POLITICS OF CHINESENESS; 8. THE NEW CHINESE ROUTE TO PARTICIPATION: CHINATOWN POLITICS; 9. THE 2005 LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS; 10. CONCLUSIONS; EPILOGUE; APPENDIX 1: The Frame of Chinese Stereotypes; APPENDIX 2: Tong'ap Lives through Chinese Texts; APPENDIX 3: Chinese Ethnic Identification in Suriname

APPENDIX 4: GLOSSARY OF CHINESE TERMSLIST OF ABBREVIATIONS; MAPS; REFERENCES; ENGLISH SUMMARY; NEDERLANDSE SAMENVATTING

Notes:

Ph.D Thesis from the University of Amsterdam, defended on October 8, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-003-69241-9

1-04-078392-9

1-282-45362-9

9786612453625

90-485-1147-X

9781003692416

OCLC:

609851410

Publisher Number:

CIPO000308707