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Transnational Social Practice from Below: The Experiences of a Chinese
Leneage
Song, P.
Publication date
2002
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Song, P. (2002). Transnational Social Practice from Below: The Experiences of a Chinese
Leneage.
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Contents s
Introductionn 1 1.. Introductory Remarks 1 1.11 Object of Study 3 1.22 Choosing My Case 6 1.33 Methodology 8 2.. A Review of Literature 15 3.. Theoretical Perspectives 26 3.11 Transnationalism 29 3.22 Locality 34 3.33 Cultural Logic 37 4.. Narrative Structure 40Partt One: Transnational Social Space: Emerging and Shaping....44
Chapterr 1 Landscape, History and Moving: the Peng Siong Zheng
Lineagee in Yongchun County 46 1.. A Trip to the Quanzhou Area 47
2.. Migration Southwards 51 3.. A Sketch of Yongchun County 54
4.. Social History 62 5.. Migration Overseas 66 6.. The Settlement of the Zheng lineage in Southern Fujian 72
6.11 Changes in the lineage 74 6.22 Emigration Overseas 78
7.. Conclusion 81 Chapterr 2 Individual and Institutional Ties: the Zheng Lineage in the
Malayy Peninsula 85 1.. Individual Ties 87
1.11 San Shan in Segamat 87 1.22 Xingdeshun and Xingde Tang 95
2.. Transnational Institution: the Zheng Lineage Association 108
2.11 Trans-territorial Operation of Association 109 Forgingg of a Collective Identity
Strengtheningg of ties: Power and Projects Weakeningg of ties: Constrain of Context
Coree Activity in the Transnational Practice: Peng Siong
Schooll 120
3.. Conclusion 127
Partt Two: Transnational Social Practice: Logic, Complexity and
Dynamicss 131
Chapterr 3 Wenyao Zheng and His Romanticism 135
1.. The Story of Building up Fortune 137 2.. Multi-aspects of the Social Image 142 3.. Spectacular Scale of Donation 147 4.. Personal Experience and Romantic Imagination 158
4.11 Hometown Experience in Youth 158
4.22 Imagination at a Distance 160 4.33 Educational Complex 162 5.. Epilogue of Wenyao' s Story 167
6.. Conclusion 172 Chapterr 4 Xingzhong Zheng and Jujing Hall 176
1.. The Founder of the Family Business 178 2.. Xingzhong Zheng' s personal and business history 183
3.. Going back to his Father's Native Place 193
4.. The Jujing Hall Disturbance 200
5.. Conclusion 210 Chapterr 5 Jingxing Zheng and the Wanma Group 213
1.. Zheng Family Enterprise Group in Malaysia 214 2.. Zheng's Transnational investments in China 219
3.. Network Ties 226 4.. Conclusion 232
Partt Three: Intervening in the Transnational Practice: Government
andd Middleman 237
Chapterr 6 Local Government: Participator and Pusher 241
1.. The Local Resource 243 2.. To Win Trust Back 248 3.. Looking For Targets 250
4.. Going out 253 5.. Promoting a Regional Identity 258
6.. Inventing Local Culture 259 7.. Rewards and Preferential Treatment 262
8.. Conclusion 269 Chapterr 7 Middlemen and their Role in Transnational Social Space.. .272
1.. Piyun Lian: a Distinguished Personage Living in Macao 274
2.. Jianxiong Oiu: A Local Official 283 3.. Jishi Zheng: a Member of the Lineage Elite 292
4.. Deyu Zheng: A Middleman with Multiple Status 297
5.. Conclusion 311 Conclusionn 313 Bibliographyy 324 Abstractt 336 Nederlandsee samenvatting 339 vin n
