Writing modern Chinese history inside out : new relational approaches to (un)thinking the nation-state, diaspora, and transnationalism

Engaging with earlier scholarship that probes the linearity of the nation-state, recent works employ new relational approaches and foreground “Chinese” perceptions of “China.” They approach modern Chinese history through the lens of the emigrant-homeland dynamic, advocating a localized transnational...

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Main Author: van Dongen, Els
Other Authors: School of Humanities
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144278
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description Engaging with earlier scholarship that probes the linearity of the nation-state, recent works employ new relational approaches and foreground “Chinese” perceptions of “China.” They approach modern Chinese history through the lens of the emigrant-homeland dynamic, advocating a localized transnationalism and exploring the implications of the transnational turn on temporality. Also, situating the nation-state within history, they argue for a “shifting” China based on questions of ethnicity and cultural exchange.
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spelling ntu-10356/1442782020-10-26T08:07:30Z Writing modern Chinese history inside out : new relational approaches to (un)thinking the nation-state, diaspora, and transnationalism van Dongen, Els School of Humanities Humanities::History Diaspora Migration Engaging with earlier scholarship that probes the linearity of the nation-state, recent works employ new relational approaches and foreground “Chinese” perceptions of “China.” They approach modern Chinese history through the lens of the emigrant-homeland dynamic, advocating a localized transnationalism and exploring the implications of the transnational turn on temporality. Also, situating the nation-state within history, they argue for a “shifting” China based on questions of ethnicity and cultural exchange. Accepted version 2020-10-26T08:07:29Z 2020-10-26T08:07:29Z 2019 Journal Article van Dongen, E. (2019). Writing modern Chinese history inside out : new relational approaches to (un)thinking the nation-state, diaspora, and transnationalism. Twentieth-Century China, 44(3), 362-371. doi:10.1353/tcc.2019.0035 1521-5385 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/144278 10.1353/tcc.2019.0035 3 44 362 371 en Twentieth-Century China © 2019 Twentieth Century China Journal, Inc. All rights reserved. This paper was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in Twentieth-Century China and is made available with permission of Twentieth Century China Journal, Inc. application/pdf
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Writing modern Chinese history inside out : new relational approaches to (un)thinking the nation-state, diaspora, and transnationalism
title Writing modern Chinese history inside out : new relational approaches to (un)thinking the nation-state, diaspora, and transnationalism
title_full Writing modern Chinese history inside out : new relational approaches to (un)thinking the nation-state, diaspora, and transnationalism
title_fullStr Writing modern Chinese history inside out : new relational approaches to (un)thinking the nation-state, diaspora, and transnationalism
title_full_unstemmed Writing modern Chinese history inside out : new relational approaches to (un)thinking the nation-state, diaspora, and transnationalism
title_short Writing modern Chinese history inside out : new relational approaches to (un)thinking the nation-state, diaspora, and transnationalism
title_sort writing modern chinese history inside out new relational approaches to un thinking the nation state diaspora and transnationalism
topic Humanities::History
Diaspora
Migration
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