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Regression And Reconstruction——the Cultural Adaptation Of The Returned Overseas Chinese In Taihe Overseas Chinese Farm In Binchuan

Posted on:2015-10-20Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:M H YangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2296330431967409Subject:Anthropology
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Taihe Overseas Chinese Farm was established in the special historical period, which was used to settle the Returned Overseas Chinese in different historical periods. During cultural adaptation, the Returned Overseas Chinese as the main role in the farm have experienced several changes with Taihe Overseas Chinese Farm during the50-year development progress, faced the reform of institution, the social capital disappeared in the special space and lost their superiority, they couldn’t get used to it. After returned from the country of residence to Taihe Overseas Chinese Farm, the Returned Overseas Chinese to have a cultural adaptation, to be many cultural phenomenon with Taihe overseas Chinese farm characteristics in the diet, language, religion and so on. Erdui Cafe is the representative of the Returned Overseas Chinese culture, it have took root, the Returned Overseas Chinese made use of special culture resources as a way to make live. During cultural adaptation the Returned Overseas Chinese kept the mainstream culture and the original culture, it is integrated adaptive strategy. The Returned overseas Chinese interact with different people, not only crossing the group borders to intermarry with different groups, but also showing difference in the groups activity to maintain the inherent group boundaries, besides, they were self-proclaimed "Nongchang people" to set up a new group boundary. The change of breaking, maintaining, constructing boundaries have became the characteristics of cultural adaptation by the Returned Overseas Chinese. Benefit relationship also have became an important influence factors in the group interaction. The trans-country diaspora phenomenon of the Returned Overseas Chinese existed for a long time in Taihe Overseas Chinese Farm, in the process of trans-country diaspora the Returned Overseas Chinese got help from overseas relatives and friends, the group interaction was obvious, the trans-country diaspora have changed the result of the Returned Overseas Chinese was placed by the policy and tried to choose and adapt to the new culture.Through analyzing the Returned Overseas Chinese cultural adaptation under the interactive relationship, regression is not only migrating of geographic position, but it also a process of psychological identity, reconstruction is a process of adapting to the new life and the results in Taihe Overseas Chinese Farm. The process of regression and reconstruction has long-term and dynamic nature.
Keywords/Search Tags:Regression, Reconstruction, Cultural adaptation
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