African Transnational Mobility in China: Africans on the Move

This book explores the African presence in Guangzhou,China,from an ethnographic and cultural studies perspective,theorizing contemporary and future forms of transnational mobilities and challenging existing knowledge about mobility. It offers an invaluable case study for understanding particular modes of transnational mobility and raises critical questions about ways of (un)belonging in neoliberal modernity.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 184 pages
Publication date: 31 May 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

This book provides a fresh perspective on contemporary and future forms of transnational mobilities by examining the African presence in China from an ethnographic and cultural studies standpoint. By developing an original argument and offering new theoretical insights into the significance of the African presence in Guangzhou, the author presents an invaluable case study for understanding specific modes of transnational mobility. Moreover, the book challenges prevailing representations and knowledge production about subjects on the move, reshaping existing theorizations and critical understandings of mobility and its shaping power. Through an ethnographic approach, the book brings us closer to a range of practices, features, and objects that, while characterizing the lives of Africans in Guangzhou, also reveal the interplay between individual aspirations and the structural constraints embedded in contemporary regimes of transnational mobility. By raising critical questions about ways of (un)belonging in the precarious settings of neoliberal modernity and the future of African mobilities, this book appeals to scholars of transnational, African, and Chinese Studies.

Weight: 370g
Dimension: 234 x 156 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367630270