The Chinatown in Peru and the Changing Peruvian Chinese Community(ies)1

Bibliographic Data

ID6153602
AuthorsIsabelle Lausent-Herrera (Centre de Recherche et de Documentation sur les Amériques, corresponding author)
Year2011
Volume7
Issue1
Pages69-113
Publication date2011-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Chinese Overseas (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1793-0391 • E-ISSN: 1793-2548
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/179325411x565416
OpenAlexW2005770798
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited15

The Chinese quarter established in Lima shortly after the arrival in 1849 of Chinese indentured laborers, mainly from the Guangdong province, has gone through significant changes during its long history. Perhaps the more significant of these have occurred since the last two decades with a new influx of Chinese immigrants mostly of Fujian origin. Instead of reinforcing the Chinese community the coexistence of the old and new Chinese has led to fragmentation, competition and increasing social tension in the Chinese community in Peru, not least in redefining the Huiguan’s role. Competition has intensified not only in terms of pricing but also looking for commercial space (stores and warehouses). Wholesale importers of Chinese manufactured goods, restaurateurs, hoteliers and spa managers have extended their businesses beyond the old limits of Lima’s Chinatown. Does this spell the end of Chinatown or the beginning of multiple Chinese quarters

Business · China · Chinatown · Chinese americans · Chinese community · Competition (biology · Economics · Economy · Geography · Immigration · Quarter (Canadian coin · Sociology · Spell · Economic Zones and Regional Development · History · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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