A01=David Kenley
anti-imperialist movements
Author_David Kenley
Cao Rulin
Category=GTM
Category=JBCC
Category=JBSL
Category=NHF
Category=NHTB
Chen Duxiu
Chen Jiageng
chinese
Chinese Community
Chinese Government
Chinese intellectual history
Colonial Administration
community
Culture Advocates
Culture Era
diaspora nationalism
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eq_history
eq_isMigrated=1
eq_isMigrated=2
eq_nobargain
eq_non-fiction
eq_society-politics
era
Fan Xing
Fer Menting
Fourth Incident
huang
huaqiao
Huaqiao Community
Lim Boon Keng
lin
literary modernization
Lu Xun
Malaya Tribune
movement
overseas
Overseas Chinese
Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission
overseas Chinese cultural transformation
Rickshaw Puller
Singapore Chinese community
Singapore's Writers
singapores
Straits Chinese British Association
Straits Times
transnational identity formation
writers
Wuer Kaixi
Ye Pa
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780415944250
- Weight: 630g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 07 Mar 2003
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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During the 1920s, China's intellectuals called for a new literature, a new system of thought and new orientation towards modern life. Commonly known as the May Fourth Movement or the New Culture Movement, this intellectual momentum spilled beyond China into the overseas Chinese communities. This work analyzes the New Culture Movement from a diaspora perspective, namely that of the overseas Chinese in Singapore. Because they were members of a diaspora, the Chinese in Singapore first had to imagine themselves as part of the Chinese nation before they could fully participate in the movement. Also, Singapore's new culture advocates adopted then amended the movement's basic ideas to fit their situation. This work furthers our understanding of transnationalism and reminds us that in our rush to deconstruct the nation we should remember the discursive power of nationalism as it both enhances and restricts the authority of its advocates.
