摘要
从奥兰多·帕特森的种族定义入手,探讨加尔各答客家人种族认同的构成,就加尔各答客家人而言,有三个因素对确立和维持其认同具有重要意义:即国家和民族政治、不同种族从事不同职业的分层制经济和东道国以"洁"与"不洁"之间的象征性对立为基础的宗教制度。种族、种姓、语言和宗教是维持种族认同的几个重要因素。种族认同会随着条件的变化而发生转变,由于职业、教育和政治环境迥然不同,客家人其认同轨道会截然不同。
Guided by Orlando Patterson＇ s definition of ethnicity, this article investigates the composition of Hakka ethnic identity in Kolkata. The author believes that three elements are important in establishing and maintaining Hakka identity insofar as the Kolkata Hakka are concerned, including state and national politics, an ethnically differentiated and stratified economy, and a host society with a religious system based on the symbolic opposition of purity and impurity. A number of elements are crucial in maintaining ethnic identity, such as caste, ethnicity, language and religion. Ethnic identity, however, would be changed in accordance with the changes of environment and scenario. Given the politics, very dissimilar trajectories for extremely different realities of employment, education and Hakka identity could be expected.
出处
《华侨华人历史研究》
CSSCI
2008年第4期33-48,共16页
Journal of Overseas Chinese History Studies
