1st Edition
Mapping the New African Diaspora in China Race and the Cultural Politics of Belonging
By Shanshan Lan
Copyright 2017
212 Pages
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Routledge
212 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
212 Pages
13 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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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... Read more
List of illustrations
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
References
Index
Biography
Shanshan Lan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
