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Chineseness in Chile : shifting representations during the twenty-first century / Maria Montt Strabucchi, Carol Chan, María Elvira Ríos.

This book explores the role of Chineseness or lo chino in the production of Chilean national identity. It does so by discussing the many voices, images, and intentions of diverse actors who contribute to stereotyping or problematizing Chineseness in Chile. The authors argue that in general, represen...

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Main Authors: Montt Strabucchi, María (Author), Chan, Carol (Author), Ríos, María Elvira (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Series:Studies of the Americas.
Subjects:
Chinese > Chile > Social conditions.
Assimilation (Sociology) > Chile.
National characteristics, Chilean.
Stereotypes (Social psychology) > Chile.
Chile > Relations > China.
China > Relations > Chile.
Chile > Ethnic relations.
Assimilation (Sociology)
Chinese > Social conditions.
Ethnic relations.
International relations.
Stereotypes (Social psychology)
Chile.
China.
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • 1. Introduction: Chineseness in Chile
  • Introduction
  • Historical Background: China and the Ethnic Chinese in Chile
  • Situating Orientalism in Chile
  • Historical Imaginary of China in Chile
  • Overview of the Book Chapters
  • References
  • 2. The Enduring Duality of Chineseness
  • China/Chineseness as Threat or Opportunity
  • Polemical Discussions About China in the Twenty-First Century: Threat or Opportunity?
  • China as the New Imperialist Threat
  • China as a Door to New Opportunities for Chile.
  • Conclusion: China as a Double-Edged Sword or Mirror
  • References
  • 3. Dynamics of In/Comprehensibility
  • The Silent or Incomprehensible Stranger
  • Comprehending the Ethnic Chinese: Toward Greater Understanding and Distinguishing Between "Chinos"
  • Problematizing Chineseness as Other/Incomprehensible
  • Conclusion: Toward Chineseness as Potential or Radical Openness
  • References
  • 4. Racialized Femininities and Masculinities, and the Queerness of the Ethnic Chinese
  • Orientalizing Ethnic Chinese/Asian Women
  • Undesirable or Asexual Chinese Masculinities.
  • The Impossibility of Miscegenation
  • Queering Gender/Sexual Binaries Through Chineseness
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • 5. Marca Chile, Marca China
  • The Interdependence of Marca Chile and Marca China
  • (Re)Branding China in Chile
  • When Marca Chile is Actually Marca China: The Global Raspberry Scandal
  • Conclusion: Toward Incorporating Chineseness into Marca Chile
  • References
  • 6. Many-Faced Orientalism: Racism and Xenophobia in a Time of the Novel Coronavirus Covid-19
  • The Many Faces of Orientalism During the Pandemic
  • The Ethnic Chinese/Asian as "Elsewhere"
  • The Ethnic Chinese (and Chinese Products) as Threat
  • China and Chinese Values as Anti-democratic
  • Experiences and Responses in Chile to Anti-Chinese/Asian Racism
  • Concluding Remarks
  • References
  • 7. Conclusion
  • References
  • Annex
  • References
  • Index.

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