Crossing Borders, Advancing Scholarship: Sociologists of Chinese Descent Traversing Diaspora, Ethnic, and Migration Studies / Min Zhou.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Zhou, Min, editor.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXVI, 260 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin Boston De Gruyter, [2026]

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Min Zhou, University of California-Los Angeles, USA.

Summary:

Spanning personal narratives and scholarly inquiry, this volume presents thirteen autobiographical accounts from sociologists of Chinese descent whose research is deeply informed by their lived experiences as immigrants or children and grandchildren of immigrants. This groundbreaking collection offers a rare and illuminating perspective on how migration shapes research trajectories, theoretical frameworks, and knowledge production. Through these intimate reflections, contributors explore the methodological challenges of studying communities in which they occupy the dual position of insider and outsider. Their accounts reveal the intersections of personal history and professional development, highlighting the broader social and political contexts spanning mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and migrant host societies such as the United States and Canada that have influenced their careers. Crossing Borders, Advancing Scholarship offers both a methodological toolkit and a thought-provoking exploration of how diasporic lives shape scholarly work. It not only deepens our understanding of diasporic identity but also serves as an inspiring guide for emerging researchers navigating the complexities of academia and ethnic belonging.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Dedication

XIForeword

XIIIPreface: Bridging Lived Experience and Scholarly Inquiry

Contents

Towards an Asian American Studies Paradigm: Methods, Theory, and Praxis of a Racialized Ethnic Insider / Russell M. Jeung

A Sociologist All This Time / Vivian Louie

Writing on Religion and Community: Notes of a Second-Generation Taiwanese American Sociologist / Carolyn Chen

Tracing Chinese Diasporas: An Ethnographic and Personal Journey of a Young Female Scholar / Xiangyi Li

Returning Home, Going Global: Reflections on a Transnational Academic Path / Tianlong You

Crossing Many Daunting Thresholds: A Hong Kong Chinese Sociologist Working and Living in Mainland China / Wai-wan Vivien Chan

The City as a Social Laboratory / Eric Wai-ching Fong

An Incidental Destiny: Probing for the Betweenness of the Researcher and the Researched / Hsiao-Chuan Hsia

Mobility Research as a Calling / Gracia Liu-Farrer

From Experience to Expertise: An Academic Life Defined by Migration and Migration Studies / Zai Liang

Soul Searching from Chinese America to the Global East / Fenggang Yang

An Accidental Immigrant and Immigration Scholar / Philip Q. Yang

Becoming an Asian American Sociologist: A Transformative Path / Min Zhou

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed April 28 2026)

ISBN:

3-11-221016-6