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Chinatowns in a Transnational World - Myths and Realities of an Urban Phenomenon (Hardcover)
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Chinatowns in a Transnational World - Myths and Realities of an Urban Phenomenon (Hardcover)
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This book explores the history, the reality, and the complex
fantasy of American and European Chinatowns and traces the patterns
of transnational travel and traffic between China, South East Asia,
Europe, and the United States which informed the development of
these urban sites. Despite obvious structural or architectural
similarities and overlaps, Chinatowns differ markedly depending on
their location. European versions of Chinatowns can certainly not
be considered mere replications of the American model. Paying close
attention to regional specificities and overarching similarities,
Chinatowns thus discloses the important European backdrop to a
phenomenon commonly associated with North America. It starts from
the assumption that the historical and modern Chinatown needs to be
seen as complicatedly involved in a web of cultural memory, public
and private narratives, ideologies, and political imperatives. Most
of the contributors to this volume have multidisciplinary and
multilingual backgrounds and are familiar with several different
instances of the Chinese diasporic experience. With its triangular
approach to the developments between China and the urban Chinese
diasporas of North America and Europe, Chinatowns reveals
connections and interlinkages which have not been addressed before.
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