South Korean Migrants in China : An Ethnography of Education, Desire, and Temporariness / Xiao Ma.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: New Mobilities in Asia | Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Amsterdam Amsterdam University PressManufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000Description: 1 online resource: illustrationsContent type:
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Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Summary: This book is an ethnographic account of education and migration from the perspective of three groups of South Koreans in contemporary China: migrant parents, children/students, and educational agents. The book reveals how these temporary migrants make choices, plan their trajectories and engage with the authorities, both in China and South Korea. Migrant subjectivities among these groups are driven by and respond to the education-migration regimes of both the sending and receiving countries. As 'people in between', they occupy flexible and multiple positionalities that are transnationally distributed. However, paradoxically, they experience a juxtaposition of privilege, integration and separation, which is indicative of the Chinese style of internationalisation. The book adds weight to the argument that China is a temporary destination for foreigners and not one for long-term settlement.
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List of Illustrations Chapter One: Introduction Chapter Two: Temporary Residents' Community in Beijing Chapter Three: The Internationalised Education of China and the Globalised Education of South Korea Chapter Four: Educational Desire in School Choice: Identities of Home, Destination and the World Chapter Five: Desirable Homecoming: The Pursuit of Tertiary Education in the Context of Temporary Migration Regimes Chapter Six: Internationalisation in Chinese Education: The Quest for Entry to a Top Chinese University Chapter Seven: Conclusion Index

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This book is an ethnographic account of education and migration from the perspective of three groups of South Koreans in contemporary China: migrant parents, children/students, and educational agents. The book reveals how these temporary migrants make choices, plan their trajectories and engage with the authorities, both in China and South Korea. Migrant subjectivities among these groups are driven by and respond to the education-migration regimes of both the sending and receiving countries. As 'people in between', they occupy flexible and multiple positionalities that are transnationally distributed. However, paradoxically, they experience a juxtaposition of privilege, integration and separation, which is indicative of the Chinese style of internationalisation. The book adds weight to the argument that China is a temporary destination for foreigners and not one for long-term settlement.

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