Shanshan Lan: 2 books
Diaspora and Class Consciousness
Chinese Immigrant Workers in Multiracial Chicago
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2012
This book is an ethnographic study of the multi-linear process of racial knowledge formation among a relatively invisible population in the Chinese American community in Chicago, namely the working class. Shanshan Lan defines "Chinese immigrant workers" as Chinese immigrants with limited...
Mapping the New African Diaspora in China
Race and the Cultural Politics of Belonging
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2017
When one thinks of African diasporas, it is likely that their mind will automatically drift to locations such as Europe and America. But how much is known about the African diaspora in East Asia and, in particular, within China, where race is such a politically sensitive topic?
Based on multi-sited...