New Theoretical Dialogues on Migration in China

Hong Zhu (Guangzhou University, China), Junxi Qian (The University of Hong Kong)

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English

Routledge
21 February 2023

Migration, immigration & emigration; Urban communities; Social theory; Sociology: work & labour; Politics & government

Series: Research in Ethnic and Migration Studies

This edited book emerges from the observation that the current literatures on migration in China are constrained by a series of shortfalls, including a relative topical homogeneity centred on domestic labour migration; relatively narrowly conceived and institutionalist conceptions of migration and migrants, without adequate attention paid to the identities, agencies and everyday experiences of migrants; and finally a lack of engagement with theoretical models and paradigms in the broad discipline of migration studies. Assembling eight ﬁne-grained research works engaging with a broad variety of migratory trajectories and experiences, this book addresses these shortfalls by: (1) investigating diverse forms of domestic and transnational migration in and to China; (2) problematising, rethinking and innovating well-established analytical tools and categories to move beyond their epistemological fixity and highlight their socially and dynamically constructed nature; and (3) underscoring the centrality of identity, subjectivity and everyday experiences, rather than mechanical causality between institutions and migration outcomes, to theoretical understandings of migration in China. It will be of interest to researchers and advanced students of Sociology, Politics, Human Geography, Social Work and Urban Studies. This book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

Edited by: Hong Zhu (Guangzhou University China), Junxi Qian (The University of Hong Kong)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 498g
ISBN: 9781032427362
ISBN 10: 1032427361
Series: Research in Ethnic and Migration Studies
Pages: 174
Publication Date: 21 February 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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.