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Negotiating Malaysian Chinese Ethnic and National Identity Across Borders

Ling, Hock Shen
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1226957088

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2008, Master of Arts (MA), Ohio University, Geography (Arts and Sciences).
The transnational nature of Overseas Chinese who have migrated to Southeast Asia and experienced different levels of acculturation and/or assimilation has greatly convoluted their self-identification. With continued marginalization in the region, groups such as the Malaysian Chinese are (re) migrating to other countries as part of a “second wave diaspora,” which further complicates notions of their ethnic and national identities. This research investigates how place shapes and transforms the sense of ethnic and national identities among Malaysian Chinese by providing a comparison of how they identify themselves across borders in Malaysia and the US. A combination of surveys, personal interviews and archival research are employed to allow for a greater understanding of the factors that influence the way people identify themselves. Findings indicate that place plays a key role in shaping identity through sociopolitical conditions of “home” and their new host countries. The Malaysian Chinese were found to identify with their ethnicity more in Malaysia, but more with their nationality abroad.
Yeong-Hyun Kim, PhD (Committee Chair)
Brad Jokisch, PhD (Committee Member)
Margaret Pearce, PhD (Committee Member)
119 p.
Geography; History; Social Research
Overseas Chinese; Chinese Diaspora; Malaysian Chinese; migration; transnationalism; identity; ethnicity; nationalism; flexible identities

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  • Ling, H. S. (2008). Negotiating Malaysian Chinese Ethnic and National Identity Across Borders [Master's thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1226957088

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Ling, Hock Shen. Negotiating Malaysian Chinese Ethnic and National Identity Across Borders. 2008. Ohio University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1226957088.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Ling, Hock Shen. "Negotiating Malaysian Chinese Ethnic and National Identity Across Borders." Master's thesis, Ohio University, 2008. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1226957088

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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