Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: On Boundary Crossings 1
5. 1 Identities Fixed in Place: Ancestral Villages and Chinese/Chinese American Roots 39
6. 2 Welcome Home!(?): Crafting a Sense of Place in the United States through the In Search of Roots Homeland Tour 69
7. 3 Crafting Chinese American Identities: Roots Narratives in the Context of U.S. Multiculturalism 95
8. 4 The Feng Shui Has Taken a Turn (feng shui lun liu zhuan): Changing Views of the Guangdong Chinese toward Life Abroad Following the Open Policy 127
9. 5 The Descendants of the Dragon Gather: The Youth Festival as Encounter between the Chinese and Chinese American Other 161
10. 6 Remaking Places and Renegotiating Chineseness 189
11. Epilogue 205
12. Notes 211
13. Bibliography 229
14. Index 239