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Zusatztext "Fong's study of Chinese students who study abroad could not be more timely . . . Fong's excellent ethnographic study looks behind the stereotypes of developed v. developing world and puts a human face on the phenomenon of global neoliberalism . . . As her students report that they miss China! their families! their social connections! and their way of life! Fong proves that despite the hype to the contrary! sometimes there really is no place like home." Informationen zum Autor Vanessa L. Fong is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Amherst College, and author of Only Hope: Coming of Age under China's One-Child Policy (Stanford, 2004), winner of the 2005 Francis Hsu Book Prize from the Society for East Asian Anthropology. Klappentext This book picks up where author Vanessa Fong left off in "Only Hope: Coming of Age under China's One-Child Policy" (Stanford, 2004), and continues by telling the stories of the Chinese youth who left China in their teens and 20s to study in Australia, Europe, Japan, New Zealand, North America, or Singapore. Fong examines the expectations and experiences of Chinese students who go abroad in search of opportunity, and the factors that cause some to return to China and others to stay abroad. Zusammenfassung In 2004! Vanessa Fong offered a groundbreaking ethnographic exploration of the social! economic! and psychological development of children born since China's one-child policy was introduced in 1979. Her book Only Hope left readers with a picture of stressed! ambitious adolescents for whom elite status was the ultimate goal! though relatively few were in a position to achieve it.In Paradise Redefined ! Fong tracks the experiences of many in her initial cohort of Chinese only-children-now college-age-as they study abroad in Australia! Europe! Japan! New Zealand! North America! and Singapore. While earning a prestigious college education in China is the main path to elite status! study abroad provides an alternative channel by offering a particularly flexible "developed world" citizenship. This flexible citizenship promises the potential for greater happiness and freedom afforded by transnational mobility! but also brings with it unexpected suffering! ambivalence! and disappointment. Paradise Redefined offers insights into China's globalization by examining the expectations and experiences that affect how various Chinese students make decisions about studying abroad! staying abroad! immigration! and returning home. ...
