cam a22 4 4500 551343524 CHVBK 20200428031735.0 111104s2012 xxua b||| 001 0 eng|c 2011045922 016088961 Uk 978-1-60497-790-5 hardback 1-60497-790-6 (OCoLC)760176445 (NEBIS)011320725 ea NIC/DLC ger SzZuIDS NEBIS UZH-ESZ rda DS731.B55 B63 2012 305.896/051 23 Bodomo Adams 1959- (DE-588)1037105729 Verfasser aut Africans in China a sociocultural study and its implications on Africa-China relations Adams Bodomo Amherst, NY Cambria Press [2012] xxxiii, 262 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme 24 cm Text txt rdacontent/ger ohne Hilfsmittel zu benutzen n rdamedia/ger Band nc rdacarrier/ger Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-251) and index Introducing Africans in China -- Africans in Guangzhou -- Africans in Yiwu -- Africans in Shanghai -- Africans in Beijing -- Africans in Hong Kong -- Africans in Macau -- Africans in China and beyond -- Implications for Africa-China relations "While there is much discussion on Africa-China relations, the focus tends to lean more on the Chinese presence in Africa than on the African presence in China. This book focuses on analyzing this new Diaspora and is the first book-length study of the process of Africans travelling to China and forming communities there. Based on innovative intermingling of qualitative and quantitative research methods involving prolonged interaction with approximately 800 Africans across six main Chinese cities--Guangzhou, Yiwu, Shanghai, Beijing, Hong Kong and Macau--sociolinguistic and sociocultural profiles are constructed to depict the everyday life of Africans in China. The study provides insights into understanding issues such as why Africans go to China, what they do there, how they communicate with their Chinese hosts, what opportunities and problems they encounter in their China sojourn, and how they are received by the Chinese state. Beyond these methodological and empirical contributions, the book also makes a theoretical contribution by proposing a crosscultural bridge theory of migrant-indigene relations, arguing that Africans in China act as sociopolitical, socioeconomic, and sociocultural bridges linking Africa to China. This approach to the analysis of Diaspora communities has consequences for crosscultural and crosslinguistic studies in an era of globalization."--Publisher's description 2000-2099 fast Soziolinguistik (DE-588)4077623-2 gnd Diaspora (Religion) (DE-588)4012089-2 gnd Afrikanischer Einwanderer (DE-588)4390962-0 gnd Sprachgemeinschaft (DE-588)4310282-7 gnd Sprachkompetenz (DE-588)4077722-4 gnd Soziale Sicherheit (DE-588)4055732-7 gnd Wirtschaftssprache (DE-588)4117662-5 gnd Africans China Social conditions 21st century Blacks China Social conditions 21st century African diaspora African diaspora fast Africans Social conditions fast Blacks Social conditions fast International relations fast China (DE-588)4009937-4 gnd Hongkong (DE-588)4025822-1 gnd Africa Relations China China Relations Africa Africa fast China fast BK020000 XK020000 XK020000 UESZ-20190111 nebis EN NEBIS UESZ UESZ ULESZ ESZ 190: 271 NEBIS 100 1- Bodomo Adams 1959- (DE-588)1037105729 Verfasser aut SWISSBIB 338753990