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
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Migration, Internal.
Marriage.
Emigration and immigration.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Marriage.
Migration interieure > Chine.
Mariage > Chine > Hongkong.
Mariage > Chine.
Migration, Internal > China.
Marriage > China > Hong Kong.
Marriage > China.
China > Hong Kong.
China.
Hong Kong (China) > Emigration and immigration.
China > Emigration and immigration.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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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