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Unpacking Discourses on Chineseness : The Cultural Politics of Language and Identity in Globalizing China / ed. by Shuang Gao, Xuan Wang.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Encounters ; 20
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Chinese language--Discourse analysis.
- Chinese language.
- Chinese language--Social aspects.
- Language and culture--China.
- Language and culture.
- Sociolinguistics--China.
- Sociolinguistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (224 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2021]
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- This book examines the complexity of Chineseness in China and the Chinese diaspora. Using critical sociolinguistic and discourse analytical approaches, the chapters uncover the power dynamics and ideologies underlying varied constructs of Chineseness.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- 1. Introduction: Chineseness as Competing Discourses
- 2. Chineseness in Diaspora: Multilingualism, Heteroglossia and Fluid Ethnicity
- 3. When ‘Chineseness’ is Not Preferred: Accounts of Academically Elite Students from China in Singapore’s Schools
- 4. Joseonjok YouTubers: Translating Vernacular Chineseness in South Korea
- 5. Framing Chineseness and Indonesianness on the Periphery
- 6. Narrating the Future Self: Strategic Stylisation and Cosmopolitan Stancetaking in Chinese IELTS Preparation Classes
- 7. Coffee, Social Space and Middle-Class Romance: Customer Writings in an Independent Coffee Shop in China
- 8. The Authenticity, Cultural Authority and Credibility of Weibo Public Intellectuals
- 9. ‘Foreigners’ in One’s Own Land: Analysing Touristic Representations of Chineseness in the New York Times
- 10. Commentary
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 17. Dez 2021)
- ISBN:
- 1-80041-383-1
- OCLC:
- 1261767446
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