CAIR33 NO FURTHER A MYSTERY

Cair33 No Further a Mystery

This chapter highlights the purpose played by several figures One of the 'enlightened Chinese' in completing the double task of inventing 'Chineseness' and attaining a 'civilized' standing. Paradoxically, the reinvention of Chinese tradition among the peranakan was shaped not by Chinese language and script, but instead via a lingua franca all of th

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