A Comparative Study of Collective Memory and Cultural Identity --The Chinese diaspora in Hungary and the United States as an example

Abstract (English)

While the shaping of cultural identity by collective memory has been well known to the academic community, the shaping of a regional culture and community by collective memory has not been richly researched, and cross-cultural comparisons of the issue are even scarcer but necessary.
Studies have shown that collective memory shapes cultural identity through overlaying, rewriting, and inscribing, thus further shaping culture, but we do not know or have little knowledge of the results of comparative studies on the commonalities and characteristics of how collective memory shapes local cultures in different cultures. In this paper, we analyze the commonalities and characteristics by comparing Hungarian and Chinese Americans, whose mother cultures are also Chinese, and then explore how collective memory shapes cultural identity in different cultures, and how it shapes the cultural characteristics of their communities.