ISBN:
9781501761959
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9781501767951
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 272 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Trémon, Anne-Christine, - 1976- Diaspora space-time
DDC:
909/.04951
Keywords:
Chinese diaspora
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Anthropologie
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Anthropology
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Asian history
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Asiatische Geschichte
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HISTORY / Asia / China
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Migration, Einwanderung und Auswanderung
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Migration, immigration & emigration
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
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SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
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China Emigration and immigration
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Social aspects
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China Emigration and immigration
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Economic aspects
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China Emigration and immigration 20th century
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History
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China Emigration and immigration 21st century
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History
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China
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China
Abstract:
A globalized lineage -- The shifting landscape of donations -- Collective funds and the moral economy of surplus -- Saving the ancestral sites, mobilizing for the public good -- Reversed feng shui and sociodicies of (im)mobility -- Ritual renewal and spatiotemporal fusion -- Returning to one's roots: journeys and quests -- Global brotherhood without close kin -- Conclusion: Chinese globalization and the changing value of scales.
Abstract:
"This book explores the transformations of a former emigrant village that has become part of the city of Shenzhen and its booming economy. It examines the community's changing relationship with its diaspora around the world over the long twentieth century and in the context of China's contemporary rise."--
Abstract:
Diaspora Space-Time explores the transformations of Pine Mansion-a Shenzhen former emigrant community-and its members' changing relationship with their diaspora around the world. For more than a century, inhabitants of Shenzhen's villages have migrated to Southeast Asia, the Pacific, North and South America, and Europe. With China's economic global ascendancy, these villages no longer consist of peasants dependent on their rich overseas relatives. As the villages have become part of the special economic zone of Shenzhen, the megacity that embodies China's rise, emigration has waned.Lineage ties have long been central in choosing migration destinations and channeling donations to village projects. After China's reopening, Shenzhen's villagers used diaspora as a resource to participate in the city's booming economy and to reestablish and protect their ritual sites against government plans. As overseas financial contributions diminish and diasporic relations change, Anne-Christine Tremon highlights the way emigration is being reconceptualized in regards to China's changing position in the world, offering a new perspective on Chinese globalization and the politics of scale-making. -- Cornell University Press
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: Shenzhen and the Diasporic Relationship1. A Globalized Lineage2. The Shifting Landscape of Donations3. Collective Funds and the Moral Economy of Surplus4. Saving the Ancestral Sites, Mobilizing for the Public Good5. Reversed Feng Shui and Sociodicies of (Im)mobility6. Ritual Renewal and Spatiotemporal Fusion7. Returning to One's Roots through Journeys and Quests8. Global Brotherhood without Close KinConclusion: Chinese Globalization and the Changing Value of Scales -- Cornell University Press
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Interessenniveau: 01, General/trade: For a non-specialist adult audience. (01)
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