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The naming practices of Chinese Americans are the focus of this work. Since Chinese immigration began in the mid-19th century, names of immigrants and their descendants have been influenced by both Chinese and American name customs. This detailed study first describes the naming traditions of China, providing a base for understanding how personal names may change in the interaction between cultures. One discovers that surnames are clues to Chinese dialect sounds, that many have been Americanized, that new surnames were created and that, in more recent decades as the Chinese American population has grown, new names practices developed and surnames have proliferated. Included are ideographs to surnames and an overview of their preservation by Americans of Chinese descent.
Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword by Him Mark Lai
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: CHINESE NAME TRADITIONS
1. History, Myths and Family Names
2. Sources of Family Names
3. Some Characteristics of Family Names
4. On Chinese Given Names
5. The Generation Name
PART II: NAMES AS CLUES TO IDENTITY
6. Who Are Chinese Americans?
7. A Great Variety in Dialect Sound
8. A Choice of Name Styles
PART III: CHINESE AMERICAN NAME CUSTOMS
9. Chinese Names in Early Official Records
10. Stabilizing Surnames
11. It's Only a "Paper" Name
12. Attempts to Standardize Chinese Name Spelling
13. Americanization of Names
14. Transferring Name Traditions
15. New Patronyms and Other New Names
16. Surname Clumping and Family Associations
PART IV: WHAT'S IN A SURNAME CHARACTER?
17. Parsing the Character
18. Preserving the Surname Character
19. Summary
Appendix: Common Surnames and Their Chinese Characters
Glossary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index
