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Acknowledgement |
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Preface |
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Chapter 1 Migrating the Chinese self |
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1.1 The contemporary concept of self |
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1.2 Contemporary Chinese immigrants |
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4 | (1) |
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1.3 The discourse of contemporary Chinese identity |
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5 | (2) |
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1.4 An overview of the present research |
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7 | (4) |
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Chapter 2 Self-referential pronouns in Mandarin Chinese |
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11 | (26) |
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2.1 Pronominal references in Mandarin Chinese |
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11 | (2) |
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2.2 A discursive examination |
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13 | (21) |
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14 | (5) |
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19 | (5) |
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24 | (5) |
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29 | (5) |
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34 | (3) |
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Chapter 3 Performing identities: Presenting the flawed self |
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37 | (22) |
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3.1 Performing identities |
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38 | (1) |
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3.2 Idealised self-representation |
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39 | (15) |
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3.2.1 Evaluating the private self |
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40 | (4) |
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3.2.2 Reflecting upon independence |
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44 | (4) |
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3.2.3 Assessing the real me |
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48 | (6) |
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54 | (2) |
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56 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Becoming Chinese: A discursive exploration |
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59 | (24) |
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4.1 Defining Chineseness in the global context |
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60 | (10) |
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4.1.1 Where is zhongguo `China |
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60 | (3) |
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4.1.2 Who are Chinese people |
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63 | (2) |
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4.1.3 Representing the non-Chinese |
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65 | (5) |
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4.2 The emerging contemporary Chinese immigrant identity |
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70 | (11) |
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4.2.1 The Huaren `ethnic Chinese people |
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71 | (2) |
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4.2.2 Australian born Chinese |
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73 | (4) |
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4.2.3 The guoneiren `people from within the country' |
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77 | (4) |
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81 | (2) |
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Chapter 5 Chinese conceptualisations of personhood |
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83 | (28) |
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85 | (6) |
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5.1.1 The controlling subject |
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85 | (3) |
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88 | (3) |
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5.2 Image-schematic dyads |
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91 | (6) |
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91 | (2) |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (2) |
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5.3 Relationship metaphors in Mandarin Chinese |
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97 | (12) |
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5.3.1 The interpersonal path |
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97 | (2) |
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5.3.2 Interpersonal proximity |
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99 | (5) |
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5.3.3 The social container |
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104 | (5) |
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109 | (2) |
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Chapter 6 The self within: On the Chinese embodied self |
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111 | (20) |
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6.1 The embodied view of self |
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111 | (2) |
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6.2 The embodied self metaphor |
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113 | (15) |
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6.2.1 The metonymy of the inner heart |
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114 | (2) |
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6.2.2 The heart stores thoughts |
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116 | (2) |
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6.2.3 The heart accommodates feelings |
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118 | (5) |
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6.2.4 The heart brain bone eyes |
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123 | (5) |
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6.3 Discussion and conclusion |
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128 | (3) |
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Chapter 7 Conceptualisations of the migrant identity |
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131 | (22) |
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132 | (4) |
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7.1.1 A cultural group is a bounded area |
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132 | (2) |
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7.1.2 The exclusiveness of the bounded area |
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134 | (2) |
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7.2 Viewpoints and perspectives in space |
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136 | (9) |
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7.2.1 The space in discourse |
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136 | (3) |
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7.2.2 Social proximity across cultural groups |
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139 | (2) |
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7.2.3 From the perspective of women zhebian `we here' |
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141 | (2) |
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7.2.4 From the perspective of "others" |
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143 | (2) |
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7.3 The exemplar identity |
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145 | (5) |
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7.4 The exemplar identity and beyond |
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150 | (3) |
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Chapter 8 From perceptual to socio-cultural cognition |
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153 | (12) |
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8.1 The self in language and culture |
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154 | (4) |
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8.1.1 The self in language |
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154 | (3) |
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157 | (1) |
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8.2 Cognition of the self in discourse |
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158 | (3) |
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8.2.1 The representational principle |
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159 | (1) |
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8.2.2 The intersubjective principle |
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160 | (1) |
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8.2.3 The emergent principle |
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161 | (1) |
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8.3 Chinese self in diaspora discourse |
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161 | (4) |
References |
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165 | (8) |
Index |
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