Translocal China: Linkages, Identities and the Reimagining of Space (Routledge Studies on China in Transition: Vol. 24)

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Synopsis
Inter-disciplinary in approach, this collection of essays explores China’s reform era development within the concept of translocality. A key element of spatial change in today’s China has been the unprecedented geographic mobility of millions of labour migrants, tourists, brides, entrepreneurs, and many others. But translocality doesn’t just mean people. It is crucially constituted by the circulation of capital, ideas, images, goods, styles, services, and disease to name but a few. With contributions from well-respected China specialists, the essays focus simultaneously on mobilities and localities, drawing our attention to the multiplying forms of mobility in China whilst retaining the importance of localities in people’s lives. The book provides a clear path to understanding the importance of translocality as a concept along with concrete examples of its operation in China. Unique in approach, it is at once a study of the connections between location and culture, politics, economics, bodies, gender and technology.
Copyright:
2006

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
288 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781134224036
Related ISBNs:
9780203029398, 9780415369206, 9780415379380
Publisher:
Taylor and Francis
Date of Addition:
Copyrighted By:
Tim Oakes and Louisa Schein, selection and editorial matter
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Social Studies, Politics and Government
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Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:
This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:
Tim Oakes
Edited by:
Louisa Schein

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