Chinese American Names: Tradition and TransitionMcFarland, 2008 M07 30 - 240 páginas The naming practices of Chinese Americans are the focus of this work. Since Chinese immigration began in the mid-19th century, names of immigrants and their descendants have been influenced by both Chinese and American name customs. This detailed study first describes the naming traditions of China, providing a base for understanding how personal names may change in the interaction between cultures. One discovers that surnames are clues to Chinese dialect sounds, that many have been Americanized, that new surnames were created and that, in more recent decades as the Chinese American population has grown, new names practices developed and surnames have proliferated. Included are ideographs to surnames and an overview of their preservation by Americans of Chinese descent. |
Contenido
Foreword by Him Mark Lai | 1 |
Introduction | 7 |
CHINESE NAME TRADITIONS | 13 |
NAMES AS CLUES TO IDENTITY | 59 |
CHINESE AMERICAN NAME CUSTOMS | 93 |
Stabilizing Surnames | 106 |
Its Only a Paper Name | 113 |
Americanization of Names | 123 |
New Patronyms and Other New Names | 139 |
Surname Clumping and Family Associations | 149 |
WHATS IN A SURNAME CHARACTER? | 161 |
Summary | 177 |
Glossary | 193 |
Selected Bibliography | 209 |
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Transferring Name Traditions | 132 |