THE WORLD IN GUANGZHOU
 
作者: Gordon Mathews 
書城編號: 1378498

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出版社: 香港大學出版社Hong Kong University Press
出版日期: 2017/11/01
頁數: 260
尺寸: 6x9 inches
ISBN: 9789888455881

商品簡介
“Compelling stories of corruption and cutthroat competition at the heart of low-end globalization in Guangzhou make this the perfect sequel to Mathews’s Ghetto at the Center of the World. The World in Guangzhou is filled with riveting and disturbing tales of racial others, migrants’ dreams of getting rich, and relationships between foreigners—mostly African traders and entrepreneurs—and local Chinese.” —Nicole Constable, University of Pittsburgh “I continue to be impressed by Mathews’s combination of a long, skillful build-up of local knowledge with a great sense of how to communicate with a wide readership. To understand Guangzhou and the human face of low-end globalization is to understand a lot about today’s world.” —Ulf Hannerz, author of Writing Future Worlds: An Anthropologist Explores Global Scenarios

Description:
Only decades ago, the population of Guangzhou was almost wholly Chinese. Today, it is a truly global city, a place where people from around the world go to make new lives, find themselves, or further their careers. A large number of these migrants are small-scale traders from Africa who deal in Chinese goods—often knockoffs or copies of high-end branded items—to send back to their home countries. In The World in Guangzhou, Gordon Mathews explores the question of how the city became a center of “low-end globalization” and shows what we can learn from that experience about similar transformations elsewhere in the world. Through detailed ethnographic portraits, Mathews reveals a world of globalization based on informality, reputation, and trust rather than on formal contracts. How, he asks, can such informal relationships emerge between two groups—Chinese and sub-Saharan Africans—that don’t share a common language, culture, or religion? And what happens when Africans move beyond their status as temporary residents and begin to put down roots and establish families? Full of unforgettable characters, The World in Guangzhou presents a compelling account of globalization at ground level and offers a look into the future of urban life as transnational connections continue to remake cities around the world.

Author:
Gordon Mathews is professor of anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Linessa Dan Lin is a PhD candidate in the Anthropology Department at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Yang Yang graduated with a master of philosophy in anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Gordon Mathews 作者作品表

Life After Death Today in the United States, Japan, and China (Paperback)

Life After Death Today in the United States, Japan, and China (Hardcover)

World in Guangzhou (Paperback)

THE WORLD IN GUANGZHOU

世界中心的貧民窟:香港重慶大廈

Globalization from Below: The World's Other Economy

Ghetto at the Center of the World: Chungking Mansions, Hong Kong (Paperback)

Pursuits of Happiness (Paperback)

eBook: Global Culture/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket (DRM EPUB)

eBook: Global Culture/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket (DRM PDF)

eBook: Global Culture/Individual Identity: Searching for Home in the Cultural Supermarket (DRM PDF)

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