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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Binah-Pollak, Avital
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019.
Series:New Mobilities in Asia Ser.
Subjects:
Marriage > China.
Marriage > China > Hong Kong.
Migration, Internal > China.
Mariage > Chine.
Mariage > Chine > Hongkong.
Migration intérieure > Chine.
Migration, immigration and emigration.
Dating, relationships, living together and marriage.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Marriage.
Emigration and immigration
Marriage
Migration, Internal
China > Emigration and immigration.
Hong Kong (China) > Emigration and immigration.
China
China > Hong Kong
China.
Hong Kong.
cross-border marriages, migration, education, mobility.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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