Being Indian in post-colonial Hong Kong

Models of ethnicity, culture and language among Sindhis and Sikhs in Hong Kong

Bibliographic Data

ID6040148
AuthorsGraham Lock (City University of Hong Kong, corresponding author), Champa Detaramani (0000-0002-1362-087X, City University of Hong Kong)
Year2006
Volume7
Issue3
Pages267-284
Publication date2006-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueAsian Ethnicity (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1463-1369 • E-ISSN: 1469-2953
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14631360600926972
OpenAlexW2046482602
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited15

Using data from four focus groups, this paper examines the ways in which Hong Kong Sindhis and Sikhs talk about ethnic identities and their relationships to culture and language. It finds that in all the groups, a range of different ‘cultural models’ (Gee, 1999 Gee, James Paul. 1999. An Introduction to Discourse Analysis: Theory and Method, London: Routledge. [Google Scholar]) of ethnicity, culture and language are drawn upon, with the same participants sometimes using several different models as they position themselves within the group discussions. However, the data also suggest that there may be a tendency for the two communities to foreground different models of ethnicity. Specifically, Sikh participants tend to draw more on an essentialist model of ethnicity than do the Sindhis, while the Sindhis seem to be more prepared to draw on more flexible models of the relationships between identity, culture and language

Aesthetics · Art · Colonialism · Essentialism · Ethnic group · Gee · Generalized estimating equation · Linguistics · Sociology · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Mathematics · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Philosophy · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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