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 Maggi Wai-Han Leung
Chinese Migation in Germany
Making Home in Transnational Space
IKO-Verlag Frankfurt a.M. 2004, 186 p., 18.90 EUR
(Order:
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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
- Introduction
- Chinese Migration to Germany: A Story Retold
- Is Home Always Home?
- On Being Chinese
- “Being My Own Boss”: A Way of Home-making
- Chinese Restaurants: More Than Just Chinese Culture
- Charting New Business Territories: Get IT Going
- Marketing Places, Selling the Homing Desire
- Epilogue
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