Searching for Sweetness : Women's Mobile Lives in China and Lesotho / Sarah Hanisch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hanisch, Sarah, author.

Series:

Crossing seas (Hong Kong University Press)

Crossing Seas Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Social conditions.

Women.

Women immigrants--Social conditions.

Women immigrants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations (black and white) ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, [2022]

Summary:

Traversing from the rapidly urbanising county-level city of Fuqing to the remote mountainous kingdom of Lesotho in Southern Africa, 'Searching for Sweetness' is an extensive ethnography linking rural-to-urban migration in China with Chinese migration to Africa. Against the backdrop of China's national struggle for modernity and globalisation, Sarah Hanisch examines Chinese migrant women's complex and ever-shifting struggles for upward social mobility across different generations and localities in China and Lesotho.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction

Part I: China

2. Childhood Memories

3. Aspirations and Struggles

Part II: Lesotho

4. White and Fuqingese Legacies

5. Unexpected Turns and Uncertain Lives

Part III: Returning

6. Reflecting on Past Choices

7. Conclusion

Glossary

References

Index

Notes:

Also issued in print: 2022.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on October 10, 2022).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789888754649

9888754645

OCLC:

1334653734