Mapping the New African Diaspora in China

Race and the Cultural Politics of Belonging

Shanshan Lan (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

212 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-67306-9 (ISBN)

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When one thinks of African diasporas, it is likely that their mind will automatically drift to locations such as Europe and America. But how much is known about the African diaspora in East Asia and, in particular, within China, where race is such a politically sensitive topic?

Based on multi-sited ethnographic research in China and Nigeria, Mapping the New African Diaspora in China explores a new wave of African migration to South China in the context of the expansion of Sino/African trade relations and the global circulation of racial knowledge. Indeed, grassroots perspectives of China/Africa trade relations are foregrounded through the examination of daily interactions between Africans and rural-to-urban Chinese migrants in various informal trade spaces in Guangzhou. These Afro-Chinese encounters have the potential to not only help reveal the negotiated process of mutual racial learning, but also to subvert hegemonic discourses such as Sino/African friendship and white supremacy in subtle ways. However, as Lan demonstrates within this enlightening volume, the transformative power of such cross-cultural interactions is severely limited by language barrier, cultural differences, and the Chinese state’s stringent immigration control policies.

This book will appeal to scholars and students in the fields of China/Africa relations, race and ethnic studies, globalization and transnational migration, and urban China studies, as well as those from other social science disciplines such as political science, international relations, urban geography, Asian Studies, African studies, sociology, development studies, and cross-cultural communication studies. It may also appeal to policymakers and non-profit organizations involved in providing services and assistance to migrant populations.

Shanshan Lan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

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Acknowledgments

Introduction: becoming Africans, becoming blacks in China

South China as the new Promised Land for African migrants

Chinese internet representation of African migrants in Guangzhou

Issues of credibility and trust in grassroots trade activities between Chinese and Africans

Chinese state regulation of undocumented Africans in Guangzhou

Status mobility, community networks, and trans-local belongings

Between Guangzhou and Lagos: business and family strategies of Chinese/Nigerian couples

Negotiating religious freedom in China

Conclusion: China as a key site of transnational racial knowledge production

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Erscheinungsdatum	15.07.2017
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Research in Race and Ethnicity
Zusatzinfo	2 Line drawings, black and white; 11 Halftones, black and white; 13 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-138-67306-4 / 1138673064
ISBN-13	978-1-138-67306-9 / 9781138673069
Zustand	Neuware