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Translocal China

Linkages, Identities and the Reimagining of Space

Tim Oakes editor Louisa Schein editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:21st Dec '05

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Inter-disciplinary in approach, this collection of essays explores China’s reform era development within the concept of translocality.

A key element of spatial change in today’s China has been the unprecedented geographic mobility of millions of labour migrants, tourists, brides, entrepreneurs, and many others. But translocality doesn’t just mean people. It is crucially constituted by the circulation of capital, ideas, images, goods, styles, services, and disease to name but a few.

With contributions from well-respected China specialists, the essays focus simultaneously on mobilities and localities, drawing our attention to the multiplying forms of mobility in China whilst retaining the importance of localities in people’s lives. The book provides a clear path to understanding the importance of translocality as a concept along with concrete examples of its operation in China. Unique in approach, it is at once a study of the connections between location and culture, politics, economics, bodies, gender and technology.

'This is an excellent collection of essays on the translocal flows of people and images within China, the construction of a translocal imaginary, and its implications for local identities.' - China Journal

'Elucidations of the connections among location, culture, politics, economics, bodies, gender and technology, and their representations of the fluidity of contemporary China make this a must-read book.' - Yajing Li, Cultural Geographies 2008


'This is an excellent collection of essays on the translocal flows of people and images within China, the construction of a translocal imaginary, and its implications for local identities.' - China Journal

ISBN: 9780415369206

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 690g

288 pages