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This edited book emerges from the observation that the current
literatures on migration in China are constrained by a series of
shortfalls, including a relative topical homogeneity centred on
domestic labour migration; relatively narrowly conceived and
institutionalist conceptions of migration and migrants, without
adequate attention paid to the identities, agencies and everyday
experiences of migrants; and finally a lack of engagement with
theoretical models and paradigms in the broad discipline of
migration studies. Assembling eight fine-grained research works
engaging with a broad variety of migratory trajectories and
experiences, this book addresses these shortfalls by: (1)
investigating diverse forms of domestic and transnational migration
in and to China; (2) problematising, rethinking and innovating
well-established analytical tools and categories to move beyond
their epistemological fixity and highlight their socially and
dynamically constructed nature; and (3) underscoring the centrality
of identity, subjectivity and everyday experiences, rather than
mechanical causality between institutions and migration outcomes,
to theoretical understandings of migration in China. It will be of
interest to researchers and advanced students of Sociology,
Politics, Human Geography, Social Work and Urban Studies. This book
was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of
Ethnic and Migration Studies.
This book offers a theoretical intervention into the normative
ideals of public space that are deeply rooted in Western urbanism.
It disrupts the binaries of presence/absence, inclusion/exclusion
by presenting a series of case studies that vividly convey the
complexity and vicissitude of grassroots spatial practices. It
engages powerfully with the question of what constitutes the "urban
public" in our everyday cities. Moreover, it provides a fresh
perspective on the proliferating scholarship on Chinese urbanism in
the reform era by seriously considering the ways in which ordinary
urban inhabitants respond to and negotiate the impacts of rapid
social change and the reshuffling of the systems of values and
ideologies. The urban public, therefore, is analyzed as an
important field in which identities and cultural differences are
formed and performed. This book is a worthwhile read for anyone
interested in theories of urban public space in general or urban
transformation of post-reform China in particular.
This book offers a theoretical intervention into the normative
ideals of public space that are deeply rooted in Western urbanism.
It disrupts the binaries of presence/absence, inclusion/exclusion
by presenting a series of case studies that vividly convey the
complexity and vicissitude of grassroots spatial practices. It
engages powerfully with the question of what constitutes the "urban
public" in our everyday cities. Moreover, it provides a fresh
perspective on the proliferating scholarship on Chinese urbanism in
the reform era by seriously considering the ways in which ordinary
urban inhabitants respond to and negotiate the impacts of rapid
social change and the reshuffling of the systems of values and
ideologies. The urban public, therefore, is analyzed as an
important field in which identities and cultural differences are
formed and performed. This book is a worthwhile read for anyone
interested in theories of urban public space in general or urban
transformation of post-reform China in particular.
Digital media is changing the ways in which religion is practiced,
understood, proselytised and countered. Religious institutions and
leaders use digital media to engage with their congregations who
now are not confined to single locations and physical structures.
The faithful are part of online communities which allow them a
space to worship and to find fellowship. Migrant and mobile
subjects thus are able to be connected to their faith -- whether
home grown or emerging -- wherever they may be, providing them with
an anchor in unfamiliar physical and cultural surroundings. As Asia
rises, mobilities associated with Asian populations have escalated.
The notion of 'Global Asia' is a reflection of this increased
mobility, where Asia includes not only Asian countries as sites of
political independence, but also the transnational networks of
Asian trans/migrants, and the diasporic settlements of Asian
peoples all over the world. This collection features cutting edge
research by scholars across disciplines seeking to understand the
role and significance of religion among transnational mobile
subjects in this age of digital media, and in particular, as
experienced in Global Asia.
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