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Unpacking Discourses on Chineseness : The Cultural Politics of Language and Identity in Globalizing China / ed. by Shuang Gao, Xuan Wang.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Encounters ; 20Publisher: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2021]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 online resource (224 p.)Content type:
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  • 9781800413825
  • 9781800413832
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Chineseness as Competing Discourses -- 2. Chineseness in Diaspora: Multilingualism, Heteroglossia and Fluid Ethnicity -- 3. When ‘Chineseness’ is Not Preferred: Accounts of Academically Elite Students from China in Singapore’s Schools -- 4. Joseonjok YouTubers: Translating Vernacular Chineseness in South Korea -- 5. Framing Chineseness and Indonesianness on the Periphery -- 6. Narrating the Future Self: Strategic Stylisation and Cosmopolitan Stancetaking in Chinese IELTS Preparation Classes -- 7. Coffee, Social Space and Middle-Class Romance: Customer Writings in an Independent Coffee Shop in China -- 8. The Authenticity, Cultural Authority and Credibility of Weibo Public Intellectuals -- 9. ‘Foreigners’ in One’s Own Land: Analysing Touristic Representations of Chineseness in the New York Times -- 10. Commentary -- Index
Summary: This book examines the complexity of Chineseness in China and the Chinese diaspora. Using critical sociolinguistic and discourse analytical approaches, the chapters uncover the power dynamics and ideologies underlying varied constructs of Chineseness.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction: Chineseness as Competing Discourses -- 2. Chineseness in Diaspora: Multilingualism, Heteroglossia and Fluid Ethnicity -- 3. When ‘Chineseness’ is Not Preferred: Accounts of Academically Elite Students from China in Singapore’s Schools -- 4. Joseonjok YouTubers: Translating Vernacular Chineseness in South Korea -- 5. Framing Chineseness and Indonesianness on the Periphery -- 6. Narrating the Future Self: Strategic Stylisation and Cosmopolitan Stancetaking in Chinese IELTS Preparation Classes -- 7. Coffee, Social Space and Middle-Class Romance: Customer Writings in an Independent Coffee Shop in China -- 8. The Authenticity, Cultural Authority and Credibility of Weibo Public Intellectuals -- 9. ‘Foreigners’ in One’s Own Land: Analysing Touristic Representations of Chineseness in the New York Times -- 10. Commentary -- Index

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This book examines the complexity of Chineseness in China and the Chinese diaspora. Using critical sociolinguistic and discourse analytical approaches, the chapters uncover the power dynamics and ideologies underlying varied constructs of Chineseness.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jun 2024)

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