Translocal China: Linkages, Identities and the Reimagining of Space

ISBN-13: 9780415379380 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 288 str.

Tim Oakes;Oakes/Schein

Opis

Explores China's reform era development within the context of translocality. With contributions from well-respected China specialists, this book focuses simultaneously on mobilities and localities, drawing our attention to the multiplying forms of mobility in China whilst retaining the importance of localities in people's lives.

Spis treści

1. Translocal China: An Introduction  2. The Original Translocal Society and its Modern Fate: Historical and Post-Reform South China  3. Shanxi as Translocal Imaginary: Reforming the Local  4. Openness, Change and Translocality: New Migrants’ Identification with Hainan  5. How Local are Local Enterprises?: Privatization and Translocality of Small Firms in Zhejiang and Jiangsu  6. Urban Transformation and Professionalization: Translocality and Rationalities of Enterprise in Post-Mao China  7. Symbolic City/Regions and Gendered Identity Formation in South China  8. "Net-Moms": A New Place and a New Identity – Parenting Discussion Forums on the Internet in China  9. The Village as Theme Park: Mimesis and Authenticity in Chinese Tourism  10. The Flows of Heroin, People, Capital, Imagination and the Spread of HIV in Southwest China  11. Negotiating Scale: Miao Women at a Distance  12. The Leaving of Anhui: The Southward Journey Towards the Knowledge Class