Signatur:
DS797.32.G836 M38 2017
Standort: CATS / Abt. Ostasien: Monograph.
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Verfasst von: | Mathews, Gordon [VerfasserIn] |
| Lin, Linessa Dan [VerfasserIn] |
| Yang, Yang [VerfasserIn] |
Titel: | The world in Guangzhou |
Titelzusatz: | Africans and other foreigners in South China's global marketplace |
Verf.angabe: | Gordons Mathews with Linessa Dan Lin and Yang Yang |
Verlagsort: | Chicago ; London |
Verlag: | The University of Chicago Press |
E-Jahr: | 2017 |
Jahr: | [2017] |
Umfang: | viii, 252 Seiten |
Illustrationen: | Illustrationen |
Format: | 24 cm |
Fussnoten: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 231-239 |
ISBN: | 978-0-226-50610-4 |
| 978-0-226-50607-4 |
Abstract: | Introduction -- What this book is about -- Impressions of Guangzhou -- A brief history of foreigners in Guangzhou -- Foreign places in Guangzhou -- How this book's research was done -- Foreigners in Guangzhou -- "The Chinese dream": stories of eight foreigners -- Rich foreigner, poor foreigner -- Race and money -- Foreign communities: Japanese and Nigerians -- The power of rumor -- Foreigners' attitudes toward China and Chinese -- African-Chinese relations -- African traders in Guangzhou: an overview -- Business deception and cheating -- Quarrels between Africans and Chinese -- Chinese views of Africans -- African views of Chinese -- Low-end globalization -- Low-end globalization/high-end globalization -- How low-end globalization works: sourcing, money, copies, and customs -- Accounts of low-end globalization -- Low-end globalization's circuits -- Legal-illegal in Guangzhou -- Paths, legal and illegal -- Visa and passport worries, jail and deportation -- Police -- Accounts of overstayers and friends -- Logistics agents, middlemen, and cultural brokers -- Logistics agents -- Middleman -- Cultural brokers -- Accounts of logistics agents, middlemen, and cultural brokers -- Religion in a foreign world -- "I believe in god but Chinese believe in gold" -- Islam in comparison to Christianity -- Christian churches -- Accounts of religious seekers -- Religion: implications -- Romance, love, marriage, and families: a Chinese Barack Obama? -- "African Chinese" -- The travails of Chinese-African romantic relationships -- Children -- Accounts of marriages -- Conclusion: the larger significance of Africans in China |
DOI: | doi:10.7208/chicago/9780226506241.001.0001 |
URL: | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7208/chicago/9780226506241.001.0001 |
Schlagwörter: | (g)Kanton <Stadt> / (s)Afrikaner / (s)Ethnische Beziehungen / (s)Arbeitsmigration |
Sprache: | eng |
RVK-Notation: | MS 3550 |
| LB 48440 |
K10plus-PPN: | 1645209687 |
978-0-226-50610-4,978-0-226-50607-4
¬The¬ world in Guangzhou / Mathews, Gordon [VerfasserIn]; [2017]
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