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- Rebuilding the Ancestral Village: Singaporeans in China
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- 2010
- Published by: Hong Kong University Press, HKU
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This work illustrates the relationship between one group of Singaporean Chinese and their ancestral village in Fujian, China. It explores the reasons why the Singaporean Chinese continue to maintain ties with their ancestral village and how they reproduce Chinese culture through ancestor worship and religion in the ancestral village. In some cases, the Singaporeans feel morally obliged to assist in village reconstruction and infrastructure developments such as new roads, bridges, schools and hospitals. Others help with small-scale industrial and retail activities. Meanwhile, officials and villagers in the ancestral home utilize various strategies to encourage the Singaporeans to revisit their ancestral village, sustain heritage ties, and help enhance the moral economy. This ethnographic study examines two geographically distinct groups of Chinese coming together to re-establish their lineage and identity through cultural and economic activities
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. 2-5
- Preface to the Second Edition
- pp. vii-ix
- Acknowledgements to the Second Edition
- pp. xi-xii
- Note on Romanization
- pp. xiii-15
- Illustrations
- pp. xv-xvi
- 1 Introduction
- pp. 1-28
- Color Insert
- pp. 148-151
- 6 The Bond of Ancestor Worship
- pp. 131-162
- Color Insert 2
- pp. 184-189
- 7 Religious Revivalism
- pp. 163-187
- 9 Chinese Lineage as a Cultural Network
- pp. 217-240
- Bibliography
- pp. 263-273
Additional Information
ISBN
9789888053667
Related ISBN(s)
9789888028818
MARC Record
OCLC
867796686
Pages
308
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-20
Language
English
Open Access
No