Migration and Social Aspirations: Chinese Cosmopolitanism in Wenzhou Region (China)

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Autor(a) principal: Rodrigues, Irene
Data de Publicação: 2018
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/28474
Resumo: This article explores what motivates the movements of Chinese migrants from China to Portugal. It presents an ethnographic account of social aspirations in Wenzhou, a port city located in South Zhejiang (Southeast China), where post-Mao economic prosperity, allied to the existence of networks of trade and migration, resulted in social and economic inequalities and great social pressure to become rich and successful. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Wenzhou and in Lisbon (Portugal) between 2008 and 2010, this paper argues that Wenzhou migratory projects are a result of modernity aspirations and desires for material modernization articulated with core Chinese values such as filial piety.
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spelling Migration and Social Aspirations: Chinese Cosmopolitanism in Wenzhou Region (China)Chinese migrationsocial aspirationsChinese cosmopolitanismWenzhouThis article explores what motivates the movements of Chinese migrants from China to Portugal. It presents an ethnographic account of social aspirations in Wenzhou, a port city located in South Zhejiang (Southeast China), where post-Mao economic prosperity, allied to the existence of networks of trade and migration, resulted in social and economic inequalities and great social pressure to become rich and successful. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Wenzhou and in Lisbon (Portugal) between 2008 and 2010, this paper argues that Wenzhou migratory projects are a result of modernity aspirations and desires for material modernization articulated with core Chinese values such as filial piety.Repositório da Universidade de LisboaRodrigues, Irene2023-09-07T15:50:57Z20182018-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.5/28474engRodrigues, I. (2018). Migration and Social Aspirations: Chinese Cosmopolitanism in Wenzhou Region (China). Urban Science, 2(2), 32. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/urbansci202003210.3390/urbansci2020032info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-09-10T01:31:43Zoai:www.repository.utl.pt:10400.5/28474Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:28:48.605246Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
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title Migration and Social Aspirations: Chinese Cosmopolitanism in Wenzhou Region (China)
spellingShingle Migration and Social Aspirations: Chinese Cosmopolitanism in Wenzhou Region (China)
Rodrigues, Irene
Chinese migration
social aspirations
Chinese cosmopolitanism
Wenzhou
title_short Migration and Social Aspirations: Chinese Cosmopolitanism in Wenzhou Region (China)
title_full Migration and Social Aspirations: Chinese Cosmopolitanism in Wenzhou Region (China)
title_fullStr Migration and Social Aspirations: Chinese Cosmopolitanism in Wenzhou Region (China)
title_full_unstemmed Migration and Social Aspirations: Chinese Cosmopolitanism in Wenzhou Region (China)
title_sort Migration and Social Aspirations: Chinese Cosmopolitanism in Wenzhou Region (China)
author Rodrigues, Irene
author_facet Rodrigues, Irene
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Repositório da Universidade de Lisboa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Rodrigues, Irene
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Chinese migration
social aspirations
Chinese cosmopolitanism
Wenzhou
topic Chinese migration
social aspirations
Chinese cosmopolitanism
Wenzhou
description This article explores what motivates the movements of Chinese migrants from China to Portugal. It presents an ethnographic account of social aspirations in Wenzhou, a port city located in South Zhejiang (Southeast China), where post-Mao economic prosperity, allied to the existence of networks of trade and migration, resulted in social and economic inequalities and great social pressure to become rich and successful. Based on ethnographic fieldwork conducted in Wenzhou and in Lisbon (Portugal) between 2008 and 2010, this paper argues that Wenzhou migratory projects are a result of modernity aspirations and desires for material modernization articulated with core Chinese values such as filial piety.
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