CHINESE AMERICAN NAMES: Tradition and Transition - Couverture souple

Louie, Emma Woo

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0786438770 ISBN 13 : 9780786438778

Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2008

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Emma Woo Louie lives in Palo Alto, California.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McFarland & Co Inc
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0786438770
• ISBN 13: 9780786438778
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible