二十世纪二三十年代南洋华侨在地观念发绪及其动因初探——以新马为中心

Germinating Consciousness of Identity with Their Host Countries among Overseas Chinese in Southeast Asia during the 1920s and the 1930s and the Reasons for This Awakening——A Case Study of Changing Overseas Chinese Identity in Singapore and Malaya

论文梳理了前期相关的研究成果,在此基础上对南洋意识的发生和发展、南洋意识的"具地化"、在地观念产生和发展的动因等问题进行了分析阐述。认为20世纪二三十年代,新马华侨就一些问题已流露出程度不等的南洋意识、马来亚意识。这表明新马华侨对居住地的认同已有一定程度的发展,其在地观念已开始萌发。新马华侨在地观念发绪的原因是多方面的。适应华侨生存、发展的需要,顺应华侨社会的发展变化,受世界潮流和殖民政策的影响,受新马地区独特的历史特点影响等是主要原因。

While Chinese nationalism ran high during the 1920s and the 1930s,some overseas Chinese instead started to identify themselves with the countries they resided in.They made speeches and published articles expressing their ideas of new identity.The author of this article attributes this phenomenon to the necessity for overseas Chinese survival and development,the demographic change of overseas Chinese communities,the appearance of Chinese Malayan literature,the new concept of national self-determination,and emerging native nationalism.