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HakkaEthnic group of China. Their name is Cantonese for “guest people” and is indicative of their unassimilated status in the areas of southern China where they live. In the 18th–19th centuries they often feuded with their non-Hakka neighbours over land. The Taiping Rebellion (1850–64) initially grew out of these local conflicts; after it, many Hakka emigrated to the island of Taiwan and the Malay Peninsula. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Ellen Oxfeld's thoughtful chapter on a transnational Hakka community in which second wives and concubines appear, shows the difficulties in applying universal categories to specific experiences, giving the reader the disarming insight that "categories [such as cross-border or hypergamy] have a way of escaping your grasp just when you would like to use them" (p. Now I can say I am a Hakka, I am a Chinese, and I am also proud to be a Malaysian. Languages: Standard Chinese = Mandarin (Putonghua-Beijing dialect), Yue (Cantonese), Wu (Shanghaiese), Minbei (Fuzhou), Minnan (Hokkien-Taiwanese), Xiang, Gan, and Hakka dialects. |
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