New Theoretical Dialogues on Migration in China

1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-032-42736-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 184 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 499 g

Reihe: Research in Ethnic and Migration Studies

This book emerges from the observation that the current literatures on migration in China are constrained by a series of shortfalls. It will be of interest to researchers and advanced students of Sociology, Politics, Human Geography, Social Work, and Urban Studies.

Zielgruppe

Academic, Postgraduate, Undergraduate Advanced, and Undergraduate Core

Autoren/Hrsg.

Zhu, Hong

Qian, Junxi

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Historische & Regionale Volkskunde
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. Migrant worker museums in China: public cultures of migrant labour in state and grassroots initiatives 3. Reconstituting the neoliberal subjectivity of migrants: Christian theo-ethics and migrant workers in Shenzhen, China 4. Agency and mobility in the context of development-induced migration: the case of Three Gorges out-migrants 5. Chinese ‘snowbirds’ in tropical Sanya: retirement migration and the production of translocal families 6. Circumstantial migration: how Gambian journeys to China enrich migration theory 7. Multiple precarity and intimate family life among African–Chinese families in Guangzhou 8. Dwelling-in-Travelling: Western expats and the making of temporary home in Guangzhou, China 9. Intellectual migration: considering China

Über Autor(innen)

Hong Zhu is Distinguished Professor and Director of South China Centre for Human Geography and Urban Development at Guangzhou University and Guangdong Provincial Research Institute of Urban and Migration, China. He is a leading Social and Cultural Geographer in China and serves as the Vice-Chair of Cultural Geography Commission, Chinese Geographical Society.

Junxi Qian is Associate Professor in the Department of Geography at The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, People's Republic of China. His current research interests include religion, indigenous development, cultural economic geography and urban theory of China.