Contemporary history of Cantonese migrants in Yokohama Chinatown
1st ed.
Author
Yee, Lam Elim Wong
Additional Author(s)
Tai, Wei Lim
Publisher
Singapore : Springer Singapore, 2021
Language
English
ISBN
9789811599804
Series
Subject(s)
JAPAN--YOKOHAMA-SHI
SOCIAL CONDITIONS
Notes
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Abstract
This book vividly portrays the past, current, and future development of Yokohama Chinatown through the context of its Cantonese residents, grounded through a family history. It is useful for both academic and non- academic readers who are interested in migration history, transformation of urban spaces, anthropological perspectives of integration of immigrants, diasporic studies and overseas Chinese studies. It is informative when considering the role of immigrant communities in the world today in the context of globalization stimulating cross-border movements and anti-globalization forces that act as push and pull factors for migration. It is also a study of harmonious integration of the overseas Chinese community in Yokohama and its ability to retain its own cultural traits, rights, rituals, traditions and dialect language in one of the most homogenous countries in the world. This increases the attractiveness of Yokohama City in terms of ethnic diversity, cosmopolitan multiculturalism and urban space renewal.
