Global Hakka

A Case Study

Bibliographic Data

ID6039964
AuthorsJessieca Jones (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, corresponding author)
Year2010
Volume11
Issue3
Pages343-369
Publication date2010-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Ethnicity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1463-1369 • E-ISSN: 1469-2953
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14631369.2010.510875
OpenAlexW2077542003
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited24

This paper is based on a case study of a small group of Hakkas who have left the village-town of Beruas in the state of Perak on the west coast of the Malaysian Peninsula to make their homes overseas – mostly in cultures which are very different from the Hakka environment in which they grew up. It looks at: the reasons why they left their hometown; how they identify themselves in their new place of residence; who they married; their offspring in relation to the their mother tongue (Hakka) and traditions; how they see the future of ‘Hakka culture’ and the social and cultural costs of living overseas and marrying outside the dialect

Archaeology · Economy · Ethnology · Geography · Peninsula · Residence · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Asian Studies and History · Demography · Philippine History and Culture · Socioeconomic Development in Asia