Chinese Diaspora
Websites,
Bibliography, and other interesting facts about the Chinese Diaspora
Websites:
ISSCO (International Society for the Study of
Chinese Overseas)
ISSCO is a society for
scholars engaged in the study of Chinese overseas and accept members that
support its goals and objectives. The Society has published a Bulletin since
1993. L. Ling-Chi Wang is the
coordinator of the International Conferences on the Chinese Diaspora in
different parts of the world and of the ISSCO E-mail Network. If you are interested in joining the
electronic network please email the coordinator at ISSCOcommunity-request@UCLink2.berkeley.edu. In your request, be sure to include your
email address, real name, departmental or institutional affiliation, telephone
and fax numbers.
This website has Chinese-related Webpages with a focus on Chinese language learning for English speakers. The link in this page takes you directly to their Chinese-related “links” page that had a wider variety of links of diverse topics.
This site offers a variety of links to information about different types of Diasporas (African, Jewish, Chinese, Mexican, Irish, among others).
This is a non-profit organization that serves the objective to bridge Chinese individuals to promote the sharing of thoughts and concerns. Their primary focus is on the welfare of Overseas Chinese: their struggles to gain recognition, to receive fair treatment, to overcome harmful stereotypes, and to experience self-respect and self-worth.
This site offers information about Chinese surnames and genealogy information about Chinese. The site has links to other sites and a bulletin board to ask questions.
This site offers a series of lessons about Chinese peoples around the world. It has tables, graphics and other useful information about the Chinese Diaspora.
This is a course offered by DNS, an international teaching college in Denmark. In their India Studies department, they offer different lessons about places and people that they will visit on a virtual tour and one of them is on the Chinese Overseas.
Overseas Chinese Digital Journal
This site offers information about education, financial matters, culture and more for Chinese Overseas.
Global Diasporas in Southern
California
“The Global Diasporas Project proposed by California State University, Dominguez Hills, is part of the Ford Foundation "Crossing Borders" Initiative. The purpose of the Global Diasporas series is to develop new curricula for rethinking and restructuring area and ethnic studies for the coming millennium. The project focuses on the diasporic communities from Africa, Asia, and Latin America and on indigenous peoples of the Americas.”
Asociación de Familias Adoptantes en China
This site offers information and support to
families that have adopted children from China.
Institute
of Global Cultural Studies
The
primary purpose of this institute is to develop new multi-disciplinary
approaches to the study of culture and cultural influences in the contemporary
world. IGCS promotes the study of these
cultural forces through research, publications, academic conferences, teaching,
and mass media educational programs. Address: PO Box 6000 LNG-100, Binghamton, NY 13905. Tel. Number:
(607)777-4494, Fax: (607) 777-2642. E-mail: igcs@binghamton.edu
“Chinatown” Websites
These “Chinatown” websites provide information about a
Chinese community in a particular geographic region outside Latin America. For Chinese communities in Latin America, see
the relevant geographic webpage.
Publications:
Bolt, Paul J. Looking to the Diaspora: The Overseas Chinese and China's Economic Development, 1978-1994. Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies, 5(3), Winter 1996.
Cohen, Robin, Global Diasporas: An Introduction. London, UCL Press, 1997.
Ha, Marie-Paule. “Cultural Identities in the Chinese Diaspora.” MOTS PLURIELS, no. 7 1998. Available at http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels/MP798mph.html
Hom, Sharon K.(ed.) Chinese Women Traversing Diaspora: Memories, Essays, and Poetry. New York : Garland Pub., 1999.
Pan, Lynn, Sons of the Yellow Emperor: A History of the Chinese Diaspora. US, Little, Brown and Company, 1990.
Shanghai Library, Bibliographic Department of the. Overseas Chinese Study Material Catalogue and Index. 1992. To obtain a copy write to the following address: Acquisition and Cataloguing Center, Shanghai Library, 325 Nanjing Road, West Shanghai 200003, People’s Republic of China.
Sinclair, John, Kee Pookong, Josephine Fox, and Audrey Yue. “Diasporic Identities: Chinese Communities and their media use in Australia.” Available at http://www.gu.edu.au/centre/cmp/Sinclair.html
Wang, Gungwu and Annette Shun Wah. Imagining
the Chinese Diaspora: Two Australian Perspectives. Australia: Coombs Academic Publishing. Available for sale at http://rspas.anu.edu.au/cscsd/publications.html
