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Chinese in Dubai : money, pride, and soul-searching / by Yuting Wang

Wang, Yuting [Verfasserin/Verfasser]

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020]

1 Online-Ressource (xi, 263 Seiten) : Illustrationen

Englisch

Includes bibliographical references and index

Erscheint auch als: Chinese in Dubai / Wang, Yuting [GNDNR:1201509033] (Druck-Ausgabe)

978-90-04-43773-9

978-90-04-43771-5 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

06300254X

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GND-Schlagwörter: Chinesen ; Internationale Migration ; Dubai

LOC-SH: Chinese diaspora ; Chinese -- United Arab Emirates -- Dubayy (Emirate) -- Social conditions ; China -- Foreign relations -- United Arab Emirates ; Dubayy (United Arab Emirates : Emirate) -- Social conditions ; United Arab Emirates -- Foreign relations -- China

Introduction: Entering the frontier of overseas Chinese studies -- Destination Dubai : from a fishing village to a global city -- The making of Chinese spaces in Dubai : Nasser Square, Dragon Mart, and beyond -- Being Chinese in Dubai : pride, prejudice, and the frontier mentality -- Soul-searching : diverse religious experiences among overseas Chinese in Dubai -- Chinese Muslims in Dubai : from middlemen minority to cultural ambassador -- China's "soft power" and the future of the Chinese community in Dubai -- Conclusion: The Chinese in Dubai : toward a new direction in overseas Chinese studies.

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"Chinese in Dubai offers the first book-length study of the experiences of overseas Chinese living in the most prominent global city in the Arabian Gulf and the broader Middle East region. Evolving around three themes-money, pride, and spirituality, this book delineates the changing shape of Chinese spaces in metropolitan Dubai, explicates how a frontier mentality affects intergroup relations, identity construction, and religious experiences in the Chinese diaspora. It documents how the Chinese make sense of their struggles, sufferings, prosperity, and success in relation to Dubai's fast changing social environment. This book is a timely endeavour to gauge the implications of a rising China and the shifting patterns of the international economic and political order for the global Chinese diaspora"