Media and the Chinese Diaspora: Community, Communications and Commerce

Book Overview

The importance of the Chinese diaspora is widely recognized. Wanning Sun examines the key role of the media in the Chinese diaspora. She focuses especially on the media's role in communication, in fostering a sense of community, in defining different kinds of 'transnational Chineseness' - overseas Chinese communities are often very different from one country to another - and in showing how media communication is linked to commerce, which is often...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415545633
• ISBN13: 9780415545631
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 222 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"