The underlying themes of this volume are the relations between a central cultural core, situated in China, and the various peripheral communities around the world where large numbers of Chinese have settled, and the way those relations have changed over time. What does it mean today to be Chinese? These questions have many dimensions, which are addressed in varied ways by eleven of the leading scholars of Chinese intellectual life from several parts of the globe. In the twentieth century, China experienced a level of cultural confusion it had never before known. One product of the turmoil was an unprecedented rate of emigration. Another was the challenging of traditional Chinese culture by several Western ideologies, including Marxism. The whole concept of modernity, with all its ambiguities, had profound effects on many aspects of the Chinese world, both in China and abroad. These essays attempt to illuminate how the events of the twentieth century in China affected the Chinese living outside China and suggest important reciprocal influences. Synopsis: What does it mean today to be Chinese? Whether in China or Chinatown, eleven of the leading scholars of Chinese intellectual life consider this question.
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Contributors 1Tu Wei-ming: Cultural China: The Periphery as the Center1 2Mark Elvin: The Inner World of 183035 3Vera Schwarcz: No Solace from Lethe: History, Memory, and Cultural Identity in Twentieth-Century China64 4Myron L. Cohen: Being Chinese: The Peripheralization of Traditional Identity88 5Ambrose Yeo-chi King: Kuan-hsi and Network Building: A Sociological Interpretation109 6Wang Gungwu: Among Non-Chinese127 7David Yen-ho Wu: The Construction of Chinese and Non-Chinese Identities148 8Zhu Hong: The "Evil Wife" in Contemporary Chinese Fiction168 9Ling-chi Wang: Roots and the Changing Identity of the Chinese in the United States185 10Victor Hao Li: From Qiao [actual symbol not reproducible] and Qiao [actual symbol not reproducible]213 11Leo Ou-fan Lee: On the Margins of the Chinese Discourse: Some Personal Thoughts on the Cultural Meaning of the Periphery221 Glossary245 Notes261 Index289
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