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THE PATRIARCHY OF DIASPORA: RACE FANTASY AND GENDER BLINDNESS IN CHEN DA’S STUDIES OF THE NANYANG CHINESE

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dc.contributor.authorLeow, R
dc.contributor.orcidLeow, Rachel [0000-0002-4391-721X]
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-23T00:31:15Z
dc.date.available2021-11-23T00:31:15Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThis paper critically appraises the earliest sociological investigations of Nanyang Chinese communities by the sociologist Chen Da (1892-1975). By exploring Chen's corpus of work and highlighting systemic blindspots of race and gender, it reveals the normative rather than empirical quality of his sociological elaboration of the huaqiao. Tracing the genesis of his research, and his travels through Southeast Asia, it shows how, at each stage, Chen’s investigations, academic networks, connections he made with his local informants, and even his collaborations with his principal translator, offered an understanding of the world beyond a patriarchal, patriotic Chinese diaspora that he declined to explore fully. The paper thus offers an intimate window into the historically contingent conceptual work that went into constructing the Chinese ‘diaspora’, and highlights the need to exercise caution in making ahistorical use of social science studies of overseas Chinese.
dc.identifier.doi10.17863/CAM.78408
dc.identifier.eissn1940-5065
dc.identifier.issn1521-5385
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/330964
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherProject MUSE
dc.publisher.urlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1353/tcc.2022.0030
dc.rightsAll rights reserved
dc.rights.urihttp://www.rioxx.net/licenses/all-rights-reserved
dc.subjectdiaspora
dc.subjectgender
dc.subjecthuaqiao
dc.subjectknowledge production
dc.subjectNanyang
dc.subjectrace
dc.subjectsociology
dc.titleTHE PATRIARCHY OF DIASPORA: RACE FANTASY AND GENDER BLINDNESS IN CHEN DA’S STUDIES OF THE NANYANG CHINESE
dc.typeArticle
dcterms.dateAccepted2021-11-09
prism.publicationNameTwentieth-Century China
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2021-11-09
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rioxxterms.typeJournal Article/Review
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rioxxterms.versionofrecord10.1353/tcc.2022.0030

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