New Chinese Migrants in New Zealand - Becoming Cosmopolitan? Roots, Emotions, and Everyday Diversity

List of contents

Acknowledgements
List of Tables
List of Figures
Foreword
1. Introduction: Becoming Cosmopolitan?
2. A Cosmopolitan Gaze towards Migration Studies
3. Chinese Migration to New Zealand: Desiring Place and Desirable Migrants
4. Cosmopolitanism and Everyday Life
5. Rooted Cosmopolitanism and Everyday Encounters
6. Feeling Cosmopolitan: Emotion, Migration, and Cosmopolitan Sociability
7. Conclusion: Interrupted Pathways to Becoming Cosmopolitan
References
Index

About the author

Bingyu Wang is Associate Professor in School of Sociology and Anthropology, Sun Yat-sen University, China

Summary

Wang attempts to close a gap in contemporary research by relating cosmopolitanism to migration, particularly in the Asian context. With a cosmopolitan gaze towards migration studies, she makes four key contributions to the ongoing scholarly discussion on how Chinese migrants integrate into and affect their host nation.

Product details

• Authors: Bingyu Wang, Bingyu (Sun Yat Sen University Wang
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2018
• EAN: 9780815368205
• ISBN: 978-0-8153-6820-5
• No. of pages: 182
• Series: Chinese Worlds; Chinese Worlds
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; China, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, New Zealand, Urban communities, New Zealand / Aotearoa, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Urban communities / city life