The Macanese Diaspora in British Hong Kong

A Century of Transimperial Drifting
Erscheinungsjahr 2021
ISBN: 978-94-6372-925-3
Verlag: Amsterdam University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 12, 224 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Reihe: Asian History

Diaspora transformed the urban terrain of colonial societies, creating polyglot worlds out of neighborhoods, workplaces, recreational clubs, and public spheres. It was within these spaces that communities reimagined and reshaped their public identities vis-à-vis emerging government policies and perceptions from other communities. Through a century of Macanese activities in British Hong Kong, The Macanese Diaspora in British Hong Kong: A Century of Transimperial Drifting explores how mixed-race diasporic communities survived within unequal, racialized, and biased systems beyond the colonizer-colonized dichotomy. Originating from Portuguese Macau yet living outside the control of the empire, the Macanese freely associated with more than one identity and pledged allegiance to multiple communal, political, and civic affiliations. They drew on colorful imaginations of the Portuguese and British empires in responding to a spectrum of changes encompassing Macau’s woes, Hong Kong’s injustice, Portugal’s political transitions, global developments in print culture, and the rise of new nationalisms during the inter-war period.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chan, Catherine S.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kolonialgeschichte, Geschichte des Imperialismus
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Exilforschung
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Prologue: Between Empires

Drifting empires

Contesting the 'Macanese' identity

Cosmopolitan and transnational arenas

A kaleidoscope of Macanese experiences

1 Crossing Imperial Borders

The tightknit oligarchy

A clerk, a businessman and a newspaper editor

Channeling Macau’s woes into Hong Kong developments

2 Sandwiched in the Workplace

The roots of the Macanese as 'middle' people

D'Almada's plight

Grand-pre's poor performance

Port wine and new opportunities

3 Horseracing, Theater and Camões

Strictly male, strictly rich, strictly colored

Abraço fraternal (fraternal embrace) and Camoes

A stage for middle-class Macanese men

4 Macanese Publics Fight for the ‘Hongkong Man’

From Hong Kong to Lisbon to Shanghai

Globalizing colonial Hong Kong

The 'Hongkong man'

5 Uniting to Divide, Dividing to Unite

'Kowloon Macanese' vs. 'Hong Kong Macanese'

Nationalizing the 'Portuguese of the East'

Contesting Macanese patriotism

Por Deus e pela Pátria: Portuguese nationalism in Hong Kong

Printing and disseminating diasporic nationalism

Epilogue: A Place in the Sun

Being Macanese in wartime Hong Kong

Rethinking identity as response

Towards a world without labels

Appendix: Summary of Featured Macanese Individuals

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Chan, Catherine S.
Catherine S. Chan is Research Assistant Professor of History at Lingnan University. She has published extensively on transimperial networks and the Macanese diaspora across East Asia. Chan also works on urban history, particularly on heritage issues and animal welfare in East and Southeast Asia.