Being Eurasian

Being Eurasian
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Publisher : Hong Kong University Press
Total Pages : 297
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ISBN-10 : 9789622096707
ISBN-13 : 9622096700
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Book Synopsis Being Eurasian by : Vicky Lee

Download or read book Being Eurasian written by Vicky Lee and published by Hong Kong University Press. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What was it like being a Eurasian in colonial Hong Kong? How is the notion of Eurasianness remembered in some Hong Kong memoirs? Being Eurasian is a description and analysis of the lives of three famous Hong Kong Eurasian memoirists, Joyce Symons, Irene Cheng and Jean Gittins, and explores their very different ways of constructing and looking at their own ethnic identity.'Eurasian' is a term that could have many different connotations, during different periods in colonial Hong Kong, and in different spaces within the European and Chinese communities. Eurasianness could mean privilege, but also marginality, adulteration and even betrayal. Eurasians from different socio-economic sectors had very different perceptions of their own ethnicity, which did not always agree with their externally prescribed identity. Being Eurasian explores the ethnic choices faced by Hong Kong Eurasians of the pre-war generation, as they dealt with the very fluidity of their ethnic identity.


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