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Chinatown No More : Taiwan Immigrants in Contemporary New York / Hsiang-Shui Chen.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: The Anthropology of Contemporary IssuesPublisher: Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]Copyright date: ©1992Description: 1 online resource : 2 halftones, 1 map, 7 chartsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781501721366
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.895/107471 20
Online resources:
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables, Figures , and Photographs -- Preface -- PART I. Chinese Immigration and Scholars' Models -- Part II. Chinese Households of Three Classes -- Part III. Community Activities -- References -- Index
Title is part of eBook package: COR eBook Package ArchiveSummary: By focusing on the social and cultural life of post-1965 Taiwan immigrants in Queens, New York, this book shifts Chinese American studies from ethnic enclaves to the diverse multiethnic neighborhoods of Flushing and Elmhurst. As Hsiang-shui Chen documents, the political dynamics of these settlements are entirely different from the traditional closed Chinese communities; the immigrants in Queens think of themselves as living in "worldtown," not in a second Chinatown. Drawing on interviews with members of a hundred households, Chen brings out telling aspects of demography, immigration experience, family life, and gender roles, and then turns to vivid, humanistic portraits of three families. Chen also describes the organizational life of the Chinese in Queens with a lively account of the power struggles and social interactions that occur within religious, sports, social service, and business groups and with the outside world.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Tables, Figures , and Photographs -- Preface -- PART I. Chinese Immigration and Scholars' Models -- Part II. Chinese Households of Three Classes -- Part III. Community Activities -- References -- Index

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By focusing on the social and cultural life of post-1965 Taiwan immigrants in Queens, New York, this book shifts Chinese American studies from ethnic enclaves to the diverse multiethnic neighborhoods of Flushing and Elmhurst. As Hsiang-shui Chen documents, the political dynamics of these settlements are entirely different from the traditional closed Chinese communities; the immigrants in Queens think of themselves as living in "worldtown," not in a second Chinatown. Drawing on interviews with members of a hundred households, Chen brings out telling aspects of demography, immigration experience, family life, and gender roles, and then turns to vivid, humanistic portraits of three families. Chen also describes the organizational life of the Chinese in Queens with a lively account of the power struggles and social interactions that occur within religious, sports, social service, and business groups and with the outside world.

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