{"product_id":"global-hakka-hakka-identity-in-the-remaking-paperback","title":"Global Hakka: Hakka Identity in the Remaking - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessieca Leo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eGlobal Hakka: Hakka Identity in the Remaking\u003c\/i\u003e Jessieca Leo offers a needed update on Hakka history and a reassessment of Hakka identity in the global and transnational contexts. Leo gives fresh insights into concepts such as ethnicity, identity, Han, Chineseness, overseas Chinese, and migration in relation to Hakka identity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGlobalization, transnationalism, deterritorialization and migration drive the rapid transformation and reformation of Hakka identity to the point of no return. Dehakkalization through cultural adaptation or genetic transfer has created an elastic identity in the global Hakka and different kinds of Hakka communities around the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eJessieca Leo convincingly shows that the concept of 'being Hakka' in the twenty-first century is better referred to as Hakkaness - a quality determined by lifestyle and personal choices.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Among the Chinese, tradition long resisted the idea of migration. In practice, however, there were many layers of adaptation to different circumstances. The Hakka have been exceptional in having always been conscious of their migratory successes. This book explores with great sensitivity how Hakka history outside China influences the way they respond to the new global environment. Combining careful scholarship with self-discovery, Jessieca Leo captures the processes by which one group of Chinese became migrants who consider migration as normal. Her fascinating and original work takes the study of the Hakka to a higher level and offers fresh insights for understanding how other migratory Chinese are transforming tradition today.\"\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Wang Gungwu, \u003ci\u003eNational University of Singapore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJessieca Leo\u003c\/b\u003e, departing from her Chemistry and Economics background (BSc from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch), journeyed on to receive her MA and PhD (2013) in Chinese Studies from the Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich. Leo's areas of research include Chinese Art and Archaeology, Mongolian Studies, and History of Chinese Medicine. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eSex in the Yellow Emperor's Basic Question: Sex, Longevity, and Medicine in Early China\u003c\/i\u003e (2011).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 534\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 16, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67913621635326,"sku":"9789004764569","price":114.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0826\/8716\/4670\/files\/EInpvyL85w9789004764569.webp?v=1793350665","url":"https:\/\/123learningstore.com\/products\/global-hakka-hakka-identity-in-the-remaking-paperback","provider":"123 Learning Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}