This course has no textbooks. The following articles are assigned readings for each week, all of which can be accessed through the UBC Library, Google Scholar (via UBC Library’s extended access), or through the accompanied link – unless otherwise provided.
Each week will contain a couple of citations preceded by asterisks (*). These are just recommended readings, and are simply additional readings “for your own interest”. They are not required readings.
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Becker, H. S. (1996). The epistemology of qualitative research. In R. Jessor, A. Colby, & R. A. Shweder (Eds.), Ethnography and human development: Context and meaning in social inquiry (pp. 53-71). The University of Chicago Press.
Jones, K. (2010). The practice of quantitative methods. In B. Somekh, & C. Lewin (Eds.), Research methods in social sciences (pp. 201-211). SAGE Publications Ltd.
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Hussein, A. (2009). The use of triangulation in social sciences research: Can qualitative and quantitative methods be combined? Comparative Social Work, 4(1), 106-117. doi:10.31265/jcsw.v4i1.48
Butler, K. D. (2001). Defining diaspora, refining a discourse. Diaspora: A Journal of Transnational Studies, 10(2), 189-219. doi:10.1353/dsp.2011.0014
UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative [UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative]. (2022a, February 18). 20220218 Shelly Chan – What is Diaspora? [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46U54Ne8TdE
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Chan, M. K. (1995). All in the family: The Hong Kong-Guangdong link in historical perspective. In Y.-W. Kwok & A. Y. So (Eds.), The Hong Kong-Guangdong link: Partnership in flux (pp. 31-63). Routledge.
Chan, K. (2022, October 31). 90% of Hong Kongers immigrating to Canada now choosing Metro Vancouver. Daily Hive. Retrieved from: https://dailyhive.com/vancouver/hong-kong-immigration-canada-vancouver-pandemic
Yu, H. S. N (2019). The rise and fall of the Cantonese Pacific, 1850-1950. In J. T.-y. Li (Ed.), The transcultural streams of Chinese Canadian identities (pp. 31-49). McGill-Queen’s University Press.
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Lai, A. (2018). Language, the rule of law, and threats of recolonization: Safeguarding the autonomy of post-changeover Hong Kong. In A. Liimatainen, A. Nurmi, M. Kivilehto, L. Salmi, A. Viljanmaa, & M. Wallace (Eds.), Legal translation and court interpreting: Ethical values, quality, competence training (pp. 67-90). Frank & Timme GmbH.
Luk, B. H.-K. (1991). Chinese culture in the Hong Kong curriculum: Heritage and colonialism. Comparative Education Review, 35(4), 650-668.
Ma, J. (Director). (1997). 算死草 [Lawyer lawyer] [Film]. Brillian Idea Group (BIG) Ltd. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=498PCrF8yQE
Yoshizawa, A. (Director). (2016). All our father’s relations [Film]. Right Relations. https://gem.cbc.ca/media/absolutely-canadian/s17e10?cmp=sch-all%20our%20father%27s%20relations
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Chen, L. (2019, October 11). Support Hong Kong’s protests without defending Canadian colonialism. Lausan Collective. Retrieved from https://lausancollective.com/2019/hong-kong-protests-canadian-colonialism
Lau, G. C.-y. (2020). Decolonizing my Hong Kong identity as a settler in Canada: An expressive arts-based inquiry. 表達藝術本位研究: 從加拿大遷佔者到香港去殖民化身份認同. Creative Arts in Education and Therapy, 6(2). 153-170. doi:10.15212/CAET/2020/6/22
Veg, S. (2017). The rise of “localism” and civic identity in post-Handover Hong Kong: Questioning the Chinese nation-state. The China Quarterly, 230, 323-347. doi: 10.1017/S0305741017000571
Wong, W. S. (2005). Design identity of Hong Kong: Colonization, de-colonization, and re-colonization. 6th International Conference of the European Academy of Design.
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Matthews, G. (1997). Hèunggóngyàhn: On the past, present, and future of Hong Kong identity. Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars, 29(3), 3-13. doi:10.1080/14672715.1997.10413089
UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative [UBC Hong Kong Studies Initiative]. (2022b, March 17). 20220317 Gordon-Mathews—Hong Kong Identity [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SoGqKAGSiVU
Lan, S. (2012). Negotiating multiple boundaries: Diasporic Hong Kong identities in the United States. Global Studies in Culture and Power, 19(6), 708-724. doi: 10.1080/1070289X.2012.752370
Li, F. L. N, & Findlay, A. M. (1996). Placing identity: Interviews with Hong Kong Chinese immigrants in Britain and Canada. Population, Space and Place, 2(4), 361-377. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1220(199612)2:43.0.CO;2-2
Xu, X., & Vanderkilppe, N. (2019, June 19). Hong Kongers in Canada seek to distance themselves from China. The Globe and Mail. Retrieved from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-hong-kongers-in-canada-proud-of-their-roots/
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Cheung, B. Y., Chudek, M., & Heine, S. J. (2011). Evidence for a sensitive period for acculturation: Younger immigrants report acculturating at a faster rate. Psychological Science, 22(2), 147-152. doi:10.1177/0956797610394661
Schwartz, S. J., Vignoles, V. L., Brown, W., & Zagefka, H. (2014). The identity dynamics of acculturation and multiculturalism: Situating acculturation in context. In V. Benet-Martínez & Y.-y. Hong (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Multicultural Identity (pp. 57-94). doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199796694.013.014
Bélanger, E., & Verkuyten, M. (2010). Hyphenated identities and acculturation: Second-generation Chinese of Canada and the Netherlands. Identity, 10(3), 141-163. doi: 10.1080/15283488.2010.495906
Lo, S., Godlow, B., & Cushman, G. (2014). Adventure education and the acculturation of first-generation Chinese Canadians in Vancouver, Canada. Journal of Experiential Education, 37(2), 113-128. doi:10.1177/1053825913489106
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Yim, O., & Clément, R. (2019). “You’re a juksing”: Examining Cantonese-English code-switching as an index of identity. Journal of Language and Social Psychology, 38(4), 479-495. doi:10.1177/0261927X19865572
Yim, O., & Clément, R. (2021). Acculturation and attitudes toward code-switching: A bidimensional framework. International Journal of Bilingualism, 25(5), 1369-1388. doi:10.1177/13670069211019466
Chiang, C., & Shen, N. (2023, September 8). B.C.’s Cantonese speakers fight to preserve language amid uncertainty in Hong Kong. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/preserve-cantonese-language-1.6961355
Pai, R., & White, C. (Hosts). (2021a, November 1). GUEST EPISODE: PEARL LOW, PART 1 (ENGLISH/粵語) (No. 3) [Audio podcast episode]. In Chatty Cantonese. https://www.chattycantonese.com/2021/11/3-guest-episode-pearl-low-part-1-english.html
Pai, R., & White, C. (Hosts). (2021b, November 8). GUEST EPISODE: PEARL LOW, PART 2 (ENGLISH/粵語) (No. 4) [Audio podcast episode]. In Chatty Cantonese. https://www.chattycantonese.com/2021/11/4-guest-episode-pearl-low-part-2-english.html
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Ngan, L. L. S., & Chan, A. K.-w. (2023). The quest for lifestyle: Reverse family migration among Hong Kong returnee parents. International Migration Review. doi:10.1177/01979183221149024
Fong, E. (2012). Return migration from Canada to Hong Kong. The China Review, 12(1), 25-43.
Yan, M. C. (2021, April 21). Return of the returnees?: Dual citizenship and Hong Kong’s global talent base. AsiaGlobal Online. Retrieved from https://www.asiaglobalonline.hku.hk/return-returnees-dual-citizenship-and-hong-kongs-global-talent-base
Irving, H. H., Benjamin, M., & Tsang, A. K. T. (1999). Hong Kong satellite children in Canada: An exploratory study of their experience. The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work, 33(1), 1-21. doi:10.1142/S0219246299000029 Access it here.
Tse, J. K., & Waters, J. (2013). Transnational youth transitions: Becoming adult between Vancouver and Hong Kong. Global Networks, 13(4), 535-550. doi:10.1111/glob.12014
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Tang, G., & Cheng, E. W. (2021). Affective solidarity: how guilt enables cross-generational support for political radicalization in Hong Kong. Japanese Journal of Political Science, 22(4), 198-214. doi:10.1017/S1468109921000220
Yam, S.-y. S. (2021a). Diasporic discordance: On memories of Hong Kong. In N. Wong (Ed.), Looking back at Hong Kong: An anthology of writing and art (pp. 138-147). Cart Noodles Press. Access it here
Blunt, A. (2007). Cultural geographies of migration: Mobility, transnationality and diaspora. Progress in Human Geography, 31(5), 684-694. doi:10.1177/0309132507078945
De Leon, C. (2018). Labour migration from the Philippines to Hong Kong and Canada. In Pagod, dugot, pawis (exhaustion, blood, and sweat): Transnational practices of care and emotional labour among Filipino kin networks (pp. 17-39). Unpublished dissertation. Retrieved from https://yorkspace.library.yorku.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/4ae34635-33ef-46d8-ba14-d888ab80705c/content
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| Week 12: |
Asian Diaspora for Hong Kong. (2019, June 21). An open letter from Vancouver youth: Stand in solidarity with Hong Kong protesters against rising authoritarianism. Toronto Star. Retrieved from https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2019/06/21/an-open-letter-from-vancouver-youth-stand-in-solidarity-with-hong-kong-protesters-against-rising-authoritarianism.html
Lee, F. L. F. (2023). Proactive internationalization and diaspora mobilization in a networked movement: the case of Hong Kong’s Anti-Extradition Bill protest. Social Movement Studies, 1-18. doi:10.1080/14742837.2022.2031957
South China Morning Post. (2022, March 17). Hong Kong protest veterans around the world are embracing Ukraine’s cause. South China Morning Post. Retrieved from https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3170738/hong-kong-protest-veterans-around-world-are-embracing-ukraines
Chen, A. W., Kazanjian, A., & Wong, H. (2009). Why do Chinese Canadians not consult mental health services: Health status, language or culture? Transcultural Psychiatry, 46(4), 623-641. doi:10.1177/1363461509351374
Madokoro, L. (2011). Chinatown and monster homes: The splintered Chinese diaspora in Vancouver. Urban History Review, 39(2), 17-24. doi:10.7202/1003459ar
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Parsons, V. (2020, July 14). A trans refugee who fled persecution to seek safety in Canada has been forced to claim asylum as a man. Pink News. Retrieved from https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/07/14/canada-trans-transgender-refugee-asylum-hong-kong-gender-identity-naomi-chen/
Preston, V., Kobayashi, A., & Man, G. (2005). Transnationalism, gender, and civic participation: Canadian case studies of Hong Kong immigrants. Environment and Planning A, 38, 1633-1651.
Suen, Y. T., & Chan, R. C. H. (2021). “Gay brain drain”: Hong Kong lesbian, gay, and bisexual people’s consideration of emigration because of non-inclusive social policies. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 18, 739-752. doi:10.1007/s13178-020-00497-z
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| Week 14: |
Wong, C. (2021). 野草不盡 [The grass is greener on the other side] [Film]. *Tentative: Pending director’s permission*
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