Affective Encounters: Everyday Life among Chinese Migrants in Zambia Contributor(s): Wu, Di (Author) |
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ISBN: 1350102431 ISBN-13: 9781350102439 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $118.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Anthropology - Cultural & Social - History | Asia - China - Computers | Computer Science |
Dewey: 004 |
Series: Lse Monographs on Social Anthropology |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.4" W x 8.6" (0.65 lbs) 236 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |