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Chinese overseas and the internet: a study of old and new immigrants in New York's Manhattan Chinatown.

Chiu, Shu Ju Ann. / "March 2011." / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-317). / Questionnaire in Chinese. / Abstract in Chinese and English. / Acknowledgement --- p.i / Abstract --- p.iv / Abstract (Chinese) --- p.V / Chapter Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Statement of Problem --- p.3 / Theoretical Discussion of Chinese Overseas and the Internet --- p.10 / Methodology --- p.20 / Thesis Chapters --- p.28 / Chapter Chapter II. --- Old and New Immigrants and the Internet in Manhattan Chinatown --- p.32 / Realignment of Social Structure after 9/11 --- p.36 / Changing Occupational Composition after 9/11 --- p.41 / Locality and Community Identifications of Old and New Immigrants --- p.45 / Transnational Migration and the Internet in Manhattan Chinatown --- p.55 / Chapter Chapter III. --- Emigrant Families and the Internet in Guangdong and Fujian --- p.65 / Transnational Migration to New York --- p.66 / Jiangmen Wuyi: Hometown of Old Cantonese Immigrants --- p.71 / Fuzhou Shiyi: Hometown of New Fujianese Immigrants --- p.84 / Chapter Chapter IV. --- Hometown Association and Homepage: CCBA-NY and Fujianese.com --- p.102 / Hometown Websites in Manhattan Chinatown --- p.104 / Weblog and the Profile of Hometown Associations --- p.113 / The Online Persona of CCBA-NY and Fujianese.com --- p.117 / Chapter Chapter V. --- Ancestral Worship Ritual and the Politics of Traditional Associations --- p.136 / Kinship Rhetoric and Cultural Politics of Ethnicity --- p.138 / The Sacred Place and Cultural Politics of New Fujianese Associations --- p.147 / The Sacred Space to Honor Ancestors for Old Cantonese Associations --- p.158 / Chapter Chapter VI. --- Online Debates over the Cultural Landmark of Manhattan Chinatown --- p.168 / Chinatown Visitor Information Kiosk --- p.170 / Chinese Archway --- p.176 / Confucius and Lin Zexu --- p.183 / Chapter Chapter VII. --- Miss Internet and the Hometown Memory of Fuzhou Migrants --- p.199 / The Internet Users and Non-Internet Users in the Fujianese Community --- p.201 / "Miss NY Chinese Pageant, Hometown Memory and Cultural Identity" --- p.211 / MissFujianese.com and the Cultural Construction --- p.222 / Chapter Chapter VIII. --- Online Ethnic Media and Social Action against Discrimination from American Mainstream Society --- p.239 / The Rally against CW11 and the Online Chinese Daily Press --- p.241 / The Rally against CBS and the Ethnic Websites --- p.250 / Online Social World of Chinese Immigrants --- p.262 / Chapter Chapter IX. --- Conclusion --- p.277 / Appendix --- p.295 / Bibliography --- p.302

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_326984
Date January 2011
ContributorsChiu, Ann Shu-ju., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Anthropology.
Source SetsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
LanguageEnglish, Chinese
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, bibliography
Formatprint, v, 317 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
CoverageNew York (State), New York, New York (State), New York, Chinatown (New York, N.Y.), Manhattan (New York, N.Y.)
RightsUse of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/)

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