Cross-border Marriages and Mobility : Female Chinese Migrants and Hong Kong Men /

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This book focuses on cross-border marriages between mainland Chinese women and Hong Kong men, a phenomenon which is of critical importance to the transformation of Hong Kong. Based on ethnographic work, Avital Binah-Pollak aims to explain the relationships between gender dynamics and inequalities at...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Binah-Pollak, Avital (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, [2019]
Colección:New Mobilities in Asia ; 3
Temas:
Asian Studies.
Contemporary Society.
East Asia and North East Asia.
Sociology and Social History.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Marriage & Long-Term Relationships.
China.
Hong Kong.
cross-border marriages, migration, education, mobility.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • List of Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Hong Kong-China Border: A Space of Confinement and Movement
  • 2. Motivations for Crossing Borders
  • 3. 'Same as Before, Living as a House Wife'
  • 4. Hong Kong's Education: A Bridge to the 'First World'
  • 5. New Voices in Hong Kong: Local Identity Formation
  • Concluding Thoughts : Home Is not where the Heart Is but where it Wants to Be
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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