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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171030T120000
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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/struggles-identity-and-integra
 tion-among-ethnic-chinese-communities-southern-vietnam-case/
SUMMARY:Fox’s Spirit under Tiger’s Might: The Struggles for Identity an
 d Integration among the Hakka Community in Southern Vietnam
DESCRIPTION:\n	Nguyen Ngoc Tho (Advanced Researcher and Lecturer\, Faculty 
 of Cultural Studies\, University of Social Science and Humanities\, Vietna
 m National University-Ho Chi Minh City\; HYI Visiting Scholar)\n\n	Chair/d
 iscussant: Robert Weller (Professor\, Department of Anthropology\, Boston 
 University)\n\n	 \n\n	Co-sponsored with the Asia Center and the Fairbank 
 Center for Chinese Studies\n\n\n	(狐假虎威：越南南部客家人社
 区身份认同与融合之斗争)\n\n	There are around 823\,000 ethnic Ch
 inese in Vietnam\, of which 95% are living in southern Vietnam. Due to his
 torical and social backgrounds\, the dialectic groups (Cantonese\, Hokkien
 \, Hakka\, Teochiew and Hainan) are quite distinct and separate from each 
 other. Each group maintains their own pantheon of gods and goddesses\, in 
 which the majorities come to worship Tian Hou and Guan Gong/Guan Di. The H
 akkas in Bien Hoa (Dong Nai province) uniquely worship the craft master go
 ds (祖师). This remarkably creates a challenging gap among the Chinese d
 ialectic groups as well as discloses the heterodox nature in their own tra
 dition under the views of local standardized authority. Under sophisticate
 d backgrounds and serious pressures\, the Hakkas decided to transform the 
 reputation of their long-lasting craft master worship into a more integrat
 ive model – the Tian Hou cult\, by overriding the new cult on the surfac
 e. “A fox’s spirit is under a tiger’s might\,” the open discourse 
 has been widespread\, although there have been almost no significant chang
 es in either belief or practice. Remarkably\, the transformation currently
  seems to be oddly managed and not stabilized.\n\n	As a matter of fact\, t
 he local Hakka elites have brainstormed and implemented the change under t
 he aims of both cross-dialectic group binding and identity preservation. F
 urthermore\, they also struggle for an advanced and manageable integration
  process into broader Vietnamese society. This talk will investigate the d
 isguise to seek the continuous efforts toward “liturgical standardizatio
 n” and solidarity binding through the charismatic efforts of the local H
 akka elites\, through which the research further discusses multilateral in
 teraction and hidden discourses of the partners engaged.
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