Chinese overseas and the internet: a study of old and new immigrants in New York's Manhattan Chinatown
Chiu, Shu Ju Ann. ; "March 2011." ; Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. ; Includes bibliographical references (p. [302]-317). ; Questionnaire in Chinese. ; Abstract in Chinese and English. ; Acknowledgement --- p.i ; Abstract --- p.iv ; Abstract (Chinese) --- p.V ; Chapter Chapter I. --- Introduction --- p.1 ; Statement of Problem --- p.3 ; Theoretical Discussion of Chinese Overseas and the Internet --- p.10 ; Methodology --- p.20 ; Thesis Chapters --- p.28 ; Chapter Chapter II. --- Old and New Immigrants and the Internet in Manhattan Chinatown --- p.32 ; Realignment of Social Structure after 9/11 --- p.36 ; Changing Occupational Composition after 9/11 --- p.41 ; Locality and Community Identifications of Old and New Immigrants --- p.45 ; Transnational Migration and the Internet in Manhattan Chinatown --- p.55 ; Chapter Chapter III. --- Emigrant Families and the Internet in Guangdong and Fujian --- p.65 ; Transnational Migration to New York --- p.66 ; Jiangmen Wuyi: Hometown of Old Cantonese Immigrants --- p.71 ; Fuzhou Shiyi: Hometown of New Fujianese Immigrants --- p.84 ; Chapter Chapter IV. --- Hometown Association and Homepage: CCBA-NY and Fujianese.com --- p.102 ; Hometown Websites in Manhattan Chinatown --- p.104 ; Weblog and the Profile of Hometown Associations --- p.113 ; The Online Persona of CCBA-NY and Fujianese.com --- p.117 ; Chapter Chapter V. --- Ancestral Worship Ritual and the Politics of Traditional Associations --- p.136 ; Kinship Rhetoric and Cultural Politics of Ethnicity --- p.138 ; The Sacred Place and Cultural Politics of New Fujianese Associations --- p.147 ; The Sacred Space to Honor Ancestors for Old Cantonese Associations --- p.158 ; Chapter Chapter VI. --- Online Debates over the Cultural Landmark of Manhattan Chinatown --- p.168 ; Chinatown Visitor Information Kiosk --- p.170 ; Chinese Archway --- p.176 ; Confucius and Lin Zexu --- p.183 ; Chapter Chapter VII. --- Miss Internet and the Hometown Memory of Fuzhou Migrants --- p.199 ; The Internet Users and ...