Exceptional States - Chinese Immigrants and Taiwanese Sovereignty

"This is an innovative, exquisitely researched, and beautifully crafted ethnography of the bureaucratic, legal, and everyday experiences of mainland Chinese marriage migrants. Friedman has advanced the study of marriage migration and demonstrated its vast political significance. After reading this book, no one can ever think that marriage is just a private, domestic matter."—Nicole Constable, author of Born Out of Place: Migrant Mothers and the Politics of International Labor

"Exceptional States offers a fresh approach to marriage migration, citizenship, and sovereignty in East Asia. Sara Friedman's study is a fascinating ethnography for students and scholars interested in transnationalism, marriage and family, gender, and political science."—Jennifer Cole, author of Sex and Salvation: Imagining the Future in Madagascar

About the author

Sara L. Friedman is Associate Professor of Anthropology and Gender Studies at Indiana University. She is the coeditor of Wives, Husbands, and Lovers: Marriage and Sexuality in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Urban China and the author of Intimate Politics: Marriage, the Market, and State Power in Southeastern China.

 

Summary

Focused on marital immigration from China to Taiwan, the book documents the struggles of these women and men as they seek acceptance and recognition in their new home.

Product details

• Authors: Sara L. Friedman, Friedman Sara L.
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2015
• EAN: 9780520286238
• ISBN: 978-0-520-28623-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Marriage & Family, Taiwan, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civics & Citizenship, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, Migration, immigration & emigration, Sociology: family & relationships, Social and cultural history, Migration, immigration and emigration, Civil rights & citizenship, Sociology: family and relationships, Civics and citizenship, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples