Chinese Women Ethnopreneurs in Southeast Asia: Two Case Studies

Both Chitra Konuntakiet from Thailand and Lillian Too from Malaysia capitalize on their claims of and access to "Chineseness" and "Chinese culture" to pursue successful careers as "ethnopreneurs". The historical timing, political and economic contexts, and intellectual...

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Published in:Sojourn (Singapore) 2016-07, Vol.31 (2), p.463-496
Main Author: Hau, Caroline S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analysis
Arbitrage
Asian cultural groups
Businesswomen
Capitalism
Careers
Case studies
Chinese culture
Cultural differences
Cultural values
Entrepreneurship
Ethnic identity
Ideology
Management
National identity
Sex differences
Transnationalism
Women
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Summary:Both Chitra Konuntakiet from Thailand and Lillian Too from Malaysia capitalize on their claims of and access to "Chineseness" and "Chinese culture" to pursue successful careers as "ethnopreneurs". The historical timing, political and economic contexts, and intellectual and ideological underpinnings of their acts of cultural arbitrage account for how these "Anglo-Chinese" women can profit from national and cultural differences within and between nations to promote hybridized national identities and propound gendered visions and practices of entrepreneurship that draw on, but are not reducible to, the prevailing ideologies and imageries of male-powered "Chinese" transnational capitalism.
ISSN:0217-9520
1793-2858
DOI:10.1355/sj31-2c