leer
IRM - INSTITUT FÜR REGIONAL- UND
 MIGRATIONSFORSCHUNG
irm-logo IRM - INSTITUTE FOR REGIONAL AND
MIGRATION RESEARCH

leer
leer
leer
leer
leer
leer

 

          deutsch    english
leer

 

Chinese Migration in Germany

leer  

Band 1

 

Band 2

 

Band 3

 

Band 4

 

Band 5

 

Band 6

Maggi Wai-Han Leung

 

Chinese Migation in Germany
Making Home in Transnational Space

 

 

IKO-Verlag Frankfurt a.M. 2004, 186 p., 18.90 EUR

(Bestellung über: info@iko-verlag.de)

 

 

This book is about the life experiences of ethnic Chinese migrants in Germany. Considering the economic, social and psychological aspect of “home-making”, Leung seeks to deepen our understanding of the ways in which individuals and communities leave their homes, establish new ones and maintain multiple homes in transnational space. Home and home-making are explored in relationship to the concepts “diaspora” and “transnationalism”. The various chapters in this book encompass a broad landscape in exploring various aspects of home-making. This includes an investigation of migrants’ perceptions of home and the meanings they attach to it. The crucial role played by the host society in providing an inhabitable space for migrants is underlined. It also examines the nature and activities undertaken by community organisations in hope of providing diaspora individuals with a sense of communal belonging when they are far from their original homes. Yet further, the study analyses the conditions under which entrepreneurship can be a means for securing a livelihood in a new land. Based on in-depth interviews and with overseas Chinese and fieldwork observations, this book provides an enthralling contemporary account of the Chinese communities in Germany.

 

 

Table of Contents

 

Acknowledgements

 

  1. Introduction
     
  2. Chinese Migration to Germany: A Story Retold
     
  3. Is Home Always Home?
     
  4. On Being Chinese
     
  5. “Being My Own Boss”: A Way of Home-making
     
  6. Chinese Restaurants: More Than Just Chinese Culture
     
  7. Charting New Business Territories: Get IT Going
     
  8. Marketing Places, Selling the Homing Desire
     
  9. Epilogue
     

Bibliography

 

 

 

 

top    back

irm-logo