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Contemporary Construction Of Hakka Culture In Southern Jiangxi

Posted on:2013-04-04Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:K ChaiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2235330362968267Subject:Folklore
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In early19th Century, the Hakka culture has gradually rise in the eastern region in GuangDong area,the Hakka culture was constructed by the Hakka elite and other ethnic elite, the series of activities hadawaken the consciousness of Hakka ethnic group. After the1930s, because of the historical and politicalreasons, the development of Hakka culture in stasis at mainland area. While since1980s, the constructionprocess rising again, such as the emergence of several areas and cities, they keen on develop Hakka culture.While the high speed of development, the large system and the large number of participants had caused ofacademic concern. Different scholars had research in Hakka culture in multi-level, multi-angle, but for howthe development process of Hakka culture and Hakka consciousness from weak to strong, the attentionare lake. Based on this perspective, this study has the perspective of the construction of contemporaryHakka cultural, and I selected the typical representative area GanNan as the study object. The thesiscontrasted in different periods of the construction process of the Hakka culture, sum up the Hakka cultureconstruction logic. Analysis the “GanNan Daily" text as the research path, at last I answered thecharacteristics of contemporary Hakka culture, and the role of media in the construction of Hakka culture.I think, the logic of Hakka culture construction are these three categories, history and memory,emotion and experience, access to resources for development. But in different historical period, theperformance characteristics are different. As to the modern Hakka culture construction, it is a participationof academic research, mass media, government agencies, businesses, and public. In this process, the localgovernment mining Hakka culture, keen to play "Hakka card", to attract foreign investment from overseaswho has the cultural community cultural identity and home complex. Scholars defined "the Hakka culture”from the historical dimension and the reality. Include the traditional marriage funeral festivals, the dietcustom. So, at last the Hakka sodality, graduation, cultural festival all with its unique regional culturecharacteristics of folk culture had been developed by the cultural elite government. The Hakka culture hasbeen “invented”, and merchants’ market also clever use of resources of the Hakka culture, in the restaurantindustry, tourism industries to seek business opportunities.These construction behaviors make "Hakka" concept using frequency increasing, each participants touse the technology of the Hakka culture increasingly adept, more and more people began to understandingHakka culture."Hakka" also received a new interpretation, from a statement groups nouns, become a kindof cultural resources. From the construction process of Hakka culture in the can be seen the role of media,is not only reported something, but become a participants and at the same time, a judge.
Keywords/Search Tags:The Cradle of Hakka people, GanNan, Culture Construction, Mass Media
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