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Global Hakka - 9789004300262

Un libro in lingua di Jessieca Leo edito da Brill Academic Pub, 2015

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Hakka ("guest family") is one of the many different languages or dialects that Westerners call "Chinese." Its speakers formed a language subdivison or ethnic group, though part of the majority Han Chinese people. Because most Hakka people have traditionally lived in South China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, they have made up a significant part of the global Chinese diaspora. This book deals with how Hakka people, past and present, have defined and are defining themselves, in relation to other people within China and around the world. The author's basic premise is that recent attempts to define a Hakka genetic or cultural identity are meaningless; Hakka culture traditionally embraced geographic migration, and the recent breakup of traditional communities, mobility, outside marriage, and the replacement of languages/dialects with a standardized national Chinese makes genetic or linguistic identity definitions useless. In this book, Hakka is understood as an individual identity: while Hakka people exist, there is no list of traits or test that can determine who is Hakka. A person says whether they are Hakka, and what being Hakka means to them. Annotation ©2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)

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