Item Details
Skip Navigation Links
   ActiveUsers:1773Hits:20900044Skip Navigation Links
Show My Basket
Contact Us
IDSA Web Site
Ask Us
Today's News
HelpExpand Help
Advanced search

In Basket
  Journal Article   Journal Article
 

ID153223
Title ProperStudy on the cultural identity of the Chinese-Indians in Kolkata, Sihui and Toronto
LanguageENG
AuthorZhang, Xing
Summary / Abstract (Note)Although the Chinese in Kolkata have preserved their Chinese identity, they have been acculturated by various cultural elements from India. It is this mixture of Chinese and Indian practices that gives them a unique cultural identity. When members of this Chinese community in Kolkata and its vicinity emigrated to Toronto or were forcibly deported to China in the aftermath of the 1962 conflict, they carried with them, both knowingly and unknowingly, some of these Chinese-Indian cultural traits. By focusing on the Chinese-Indians living in different geographical and cultural settings, this essay examines the formation of a Chinese-Indian identity in Kolkata and its preservation by some of those who are now residing in Sihui in China and in Toronto, Canada. It also explains some of the main similarities and differences among the three groups of Chinese-Indians. It concludes with an analysis of cultural identity as it manifests among the Chinese-Indian communities.
`In' analytical NoteIdentities: Global Studies in Culture and Power Vol. 24, No.3; Jun 2017: p.237-253
Journal SourceIdentities: Global Studies in Culture and Power 2017-06 24, 3
Key WordsCultural Identity ;  Chinese Overseas ;  Immigrant Community ;  Hybrid Identity ;  Chinese-Indians ;  Kolkata Chinese