Ungrounded Empires
The Cultural Politics of Modern Chinese Transnationalism
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Anthropology
| Author: | ISBN: | 9781135964191 | |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | December 16, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | |
| ISBN: | 9781135964191 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | December 16, 2003 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
In the last two decades, Chinese transnationalism has become a distinctive domain within the new "flexible" capitalism emerging in the Asia-Pacific region. Ungrounded Empires maps this domain as the intersection of cultural politics and global capitalism, drawing on recent ethnographic research to critique the impact of late capitalism's institutions--flexibility, travel, subcontracting, multiculturalism, and mass media--upon transnational Chinese subjectives. Interweaving anthropology and cultural studies with interpretive political economy, these essays offer a wide range of perspectives on "overseas Chinese" and their unique location in the global arena.
In the last two decades, Chinese transnationalism has become a distinctive domain within the new "flexible" capitalism emerging in the Asia-Pacific region. Ungrounded Empires maps this domain as the intersection of cultural politics and global capitalism, drawing on recent ethnographic research to critique the impact of late capitalism's institutions--flexibility, travel, subcontracting, multiculturalism, and mass media--upon transnational Chinese subjectives. Interweaving anthropology and cultural studies with interpretive political economy, these essays offer a wide range of perspectives on "overseas Chinese" and their unique location in the global arena.
