Chineseness across Borders: Renegotiating Chinese Identities in China and the United States

Abstract

Acknowledgments ix Introduction: On Boundary Crossings 1 1 Identities Fixed in Place: Ancestral Villages and Chinese/Chinese American Roots 39 2 Welcome Home!(?): Crafting a Sense of Place in the United States through the In Search of Roots Homeland Tour 69 3 Crafting Chinese American Identities: Roots Narratives in the Context of U.S. Multiculturalism 95 4 The Feng Shui Has Taken a Turn (feng shui lun liu zhuan): Changing Views of the Guangdong Chinese toward Life Abroad Following the Open Policy 127 5 The Descendants of the Dragon Gather: The Youth Festival as Encounter between the Chinese and the Chinese American Other 161 6 Remaking Places and Renegotiating Chineseness 189 Epilogue 205 Notes 211 Bibliography 229 Index 239

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