Diaspora Space-Time by Anne-Christine Trémon

Diaspora Space-Time by Anne-Christine Trémon

Diaspora Space-Time explores the transformations of Pine Mansion—a Shenzhen former emigrant community—and its members' changing relationship with their diaspora around the world. For more than a century, inhabitants of Shenzhen's villages have migrated to Southeast Asia, the Pacific, North and South America, and Europe. With China's economic global ascendancy, these villages no longer consist of peasants dependent on their rich overseas relatives. As the villages have become part of the special economic zone of Shenzhen, the megacity that embodies China's rise, emigration has waned. Lineage ties have long been central in choosing migration destinations and channeling donations to village projects. After China's reopening, Shenzhen's villagers used diaspora as a resource to participate in the city's booming economy and to reestablish and protect their ritual sites against government plans. As overseas financial contributions diminish and diasporic relations change, Anne-Christine Trémon highlights the way emigration is being reconceptualized in regards to China's changing position in the world, offering a new perspective on Chinese globalization and the politics of scale-making.

Overall, this book presents a compelling case study of Overseas Chinese and contributes to the field of diaspora studies in two signi!cant ways

* China Perspectives *

Anne-Christine Trémon is Senior Lecturer at the University of Lausanne. She is the author of two books in French and coeditor of Slogans.

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ISBN 13	9781501767951
ISBN 10	150176795X
Title	Diaspora Space-Time
Author	Anne-Christine Trémon
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Cornell University Press
Year published	2022-12-15
Number of pages	288
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