
Cross-border Marriages and Mobility
Female Chinese Migrants and Hong Kong Men
- English
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About this book
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. This book 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.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Table of Contents
- List of Figures and Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 The Hong Kong-China Border: A Space of Confınement and Movement
- 2 Motivations for Crossing Borders
- 3 ‘Same as Before, Living as a House Wife’
- 4 Hong Kong’s Education: A Bridge to the ‘First World’
- 5 New Voices in Hong Kong: Local Identity Formation
- Concluding Thoughts: Home Is not where the Heart Is but where it Wants to Be
- Bibliography
- Index