Cross-Border Marriages and Mobility

Cross-Border Marriages and Mobility Female Chinese Migrants and Hong Kong Men - New Mobilities in Asia

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Publisher's Synopsis

Cross-border Marriages and Mobility: Female Chinese Migrants and Hong Kong Men focuses on cross-border marriages between mainland Chinese women and Hong Kong men, a phenomenon which is of critical importance to the transformation of Hong Kong. By examining the women's motivations for migration and lived experiences in relation to the discursive, political, economic, and social circumstances of mainland China and Hong Kong, Avital Binah-Pollak demonstrates how these marital practices are causing the expanding and blurring of borders, so that there is a much wider strip of border in which the dichotomies of the rural/urban, periphery/center, and hybrid/national identities become more complex and negotiable. While this is particularly interesting and valid in the case of the border between mainland China and Hong Kong because of the particular nature of the relationship between these two societies, it may also apply to borders between many other societies worldwide.

Book information

ISBN: 9789462986909
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Imprint: Amsterdam University Press
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 194
Weight: 452g
Height: 163mm
Width: 240mm
Spine width: 18mm