UID:
almahu_9949386305702882
Format:
1 online resource
ISBN:
1000185591
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9781003084396
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1003084397
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9781000182415
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100018241X
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9781000189049
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100018904X
,
9781000185591
Series Statement:
London School of Economics monographs on social anthropology
Content:
Against the background of China's rapidly growing, and sometimes highly controversial, activities in Africa, this book is among the first of its kind to systematically document Sino-African interactions at the everyday level. Based on sixteen months of ethnographic fieldwork at two contrasting sites in Lusaka, Zambia--a Chinese state-sponsored educational farm and a private Chinese family farm--Di Wu focuses on daily interactions among Chinese migrants and their Zambian hosts. Daily communicative events, e.g. banquets, market negotiations, work-place disputes, and various social encounters across a range of settings are used to trace the essential role that emotion/affect plays in forming and reproducing social relations and group identities among Chinese migrants. Wu suggests that affective encounters in everyday situations--as well as failed attempts to generate affect--should not be overlooked in order to fully appreciate Sino-African interactions. Deeply researched and with rich ethnographic detail, this book will be relevant to scholars of anthropology, international development, and others interested in Sino-African relations.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 1350102431
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781350102439
Language:
English
Keywords:
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Electronic books
URL:
https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003084396
