Rites and belonging : a memory, modernity, and identity in a Malaysian Chinese community / DeBernardi, Jean
By Jean DeBernardi.
Description
In what is today Malaysia, the British established George Town on Penang Island in 1786, and encouraged Chinese merchants and laborers to migrate to this vibrant trading port. In the multicultural urban settlement that developed, the Chinese immigrants organized their social life through community temples like the Guanyin Temple (Kong Hok Palace) and their secret sworn brotherhoods. These community associations assumed exceptional importance precisely because they were a means to establish a social presence for the Chinese immigrants, to organize their social life, and to display their econ...
ISBN(s)
0804744866, 9780804744867
