Projektbeschreibung
Das Privileg, das weiße Einwander*innen in China genießen
Die rasante Expansion der chinesischen Wirtschaft zog eine beträchtliche Anzahl weißer Einwander*innen an. Weiße Einwander*innen leben in einem Umfeld, das von den Gesetzen, der Wirtschaft und den sozialen Regeln Chinas geprägt ist. Im Rahmen des EU-finanzierten Projekts CHINAWHITE werden Forschungen über weiße Einwander*innen in Bezug auf Staatspolitik, Englischunterricht, den Unterhaltungssektor sowie das transnationale Geschäft und interethnische Romantik durchgeführt. Außerdem wird untersucht, ob weiße Einwander*innen eine bevorzugte Behandlung im Vergleich mit schwarzen oder anderen Einwander*innen genießen, und es wird ermittelt, welche Auswirkungen sich dadurch auf das tägliche Leben ergeben.
Ziel
This research examines the multiple and contradictory constructions of whiteness in China as a result of the rapid diversification of white migrants in the country and the shifting power balances between China and the West. Existing literature on white westerners in Asia mainly focuses on transnational elites. The rising number of middle- and lower-stratum of white migrants in China deserves special attention due to substantial tensions and discrepancies in their experiences of racial privilege, economic insecurity, and legal vulnerability. Multi-sited and multi-scalar ethnographic research will be conducted on daily life encounters between various groups of white migrants and Chinese in five domains: (1) state policy regarding international migrants in China; (2) the ESL industry (teaching English as a second language); (3) the media, fashion, and entertainment industries; (4) transnational business and entrepreneurship; and (5) interracial romance. Three major research questions frame this project. 1. What are the symbolic and material advantages and disadvantages of being white in China’s thriving market economy and consumer culture? 2. How is whiteness racialized in relation to blackness and other immigrant minority identities in multiple social domains and at different geographical scales? 3. How are multiple versions of whiteness produced, interpreted, negotiated, and performed through daily life interactions between white migrants and Chinese in various social and personal settings? This project contributes to a new line of research on white racial formation in East Asia by creatively integrating theories in whiteness studies and migration studies. It also expands the geographical scope of research on white expatriates from global cities in coastal areas to second-tier cities in inland China.
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ERC-COG - Consolidator GrantGastgebende Einrichtung
1012WX Amsterdam
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