Rising China, Chinese Culture and Its Transformation in Southeast Asia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Suryadinata, Leo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Foreign relations.

Foreign workers, Southeast Asian.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The study of China's culture in Southeast Asia is particularly significant as some observers misconceive Chinese culture in Southeast Asia as purely "Chinese", as if it had not been influenced by local conditions, including nationalism. In reality, Chinese culture in Southeast Asia is imbued with distinct differences that set itself apart from that in mainland China. Nevertheless, the question remains whether the rise of China has made the further transformation of local Chinese culture difficult, if not impossible. This book aims to examine the following: the current status of Chinese religions, language, literature, music and performing arts in Southeast Asia, their local characteristics, their position in both local Chinese and non-Chinese local society, and their problems and prospects.Seventeen scholars have been invited to present papers to deal with the above themes and with one exception, their revised papers are eventually included in this book. This is the most up-to-date publication that addresses the topic of Chinese culture and its transformation in Southeast Asia.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

About the Contributors

Part I: CHINESE CULTURE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA: BACKGROUND AND OVERVIEW

1. Chinese Cultures and Their Transformation in Southeast Asia

2. Historical Trajectories of Chinese Culture in Southeast Asia

Part II: CHINESE RELIGIONS IN TRANSFORMATION

3. Chinese Buddhist Transformation in Malaysia

4. Making Buddhism Less Chinese: The Curious Case of True Direction

5. Adaptation and Transformation: Chinese Language and Religious Practices in Brunei Darussalam

6. "Becoming 100% Confucian and 100% Pancasilaist": The Adjustment and Transformation of Confucianism in Indonesia

7. Articulating Chineseness: Chinese and Hui Muslims in Malaysia

Part III: CHINESE MUSIC AND OPERA IN TRANSFORMATION

8. Composing Chinese Orchestra Music with Southeast Asian Elements

9. The "Localization" of Chinese Music in Malaysia

10. Chinese Opera in Singapore: Inheritance and Indigenization

Part IV: CHINESE LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE IN TRANSFORMATION

11. Development of Malaysian Mandarin and Its Linguistic Features: Observations on Lexical Influences from Mainstream Mandarin

12. Beyond Chineseness: The Multiethnicity of Malaysian Chinese Literature

13. Characteristics of Singapore Chinese Literature: From Realism to Modernism

14. The Poetics of a Chinese Mind in Philippine Chinese Literature

15. Reading Sinophone Thai Literature: Emergence, Submergence and Transmergence

Index.

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ISBN:

981-5306-11-1

9789815306118

OCLC:

1569920578