1st Edition
South Korean Migrants in China An Ethnography of Education, Desire, and Temporariness
By Xiao Ma
Copyright 2024
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
190 Pages
by
Routledge
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This book is an ethnographic account of education and migration from the perspective of three groups of South Koreans in contemporary China: migrant parents, children/students, and educational agents. The book reveals how these temporary migrants make choices, plan their trajectories and engage with the authorities, both in China and South Korea. Migrant subjectivities among these groups are... Read more
List of Illustrations, Chapter One: Introduction, Chapter Two: Temporary Residents' Community in Beijing, Chapter Three: The Internationalised Education of China and the Globalised Education of South Korea, Chapter Four: Educational Desire in School Choice: Identities of Home, Destination and the World, Chapter Five: Desirable Homecoming: The Pursuit of Tertiary Education in the Context of Temporary Migration Regimes, Chapter Six: Internationalisation in Chinese Education: The Quest for Entry to a Top Chinese University, Chapter Seven: Conclusion, Index
Biography
Xiao Ma is an assistant professor in sociology at East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai. She received her PhD from Leiden University Institute for Area Studies, the Netherlands. Her research interests include migration and education, ethnic community and economy, and immigration governance in China.She publishes in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology, and Identities.
