The Benefits of in-betweenness: return migration of second-generation Chinese American professionals to China

Wang, Leslie K.

doi:10.1080/1369183x.2016.1139447

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“…Only a carefully constructed, combined mixed methods approach identifying global, large‐scale flows of return migration patterns and gender differences therein will allow researchers a more complete and systematic analysis. Expanding geographical focus: Existing studies exhibit a narrow geographic outlook, mainly focusing on the return of migrants from more developed to less developed nations (Buján, ; Byron & Condon, ; Cerase, ; De Haas & Fokkema, ; Ley & Kobayashi, ; Pinger, ; Setrana & Tonah, ; Wang, ; Wessendorf, ). There are only a small number of studies that examine return migration between two countries of equal standing.…”

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“…Expanding geographical focus: Existing studies exhibit a narrow geographic outlook, mainly focusing on the return of migrants from more developed to less developed nations (Buján, 2015;Byron & Condon, 1996;Cerase, 1974;De Haas & Fokkema, 2010;Ley & Kobayashi, 2005;Pinger, 2010;Setrana & Tonah, 2014;Wang, 2016;Wessendorf, 2007). There are only a small number of studies that examine return migration between two countries of equal standing.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…and elaborating on spontaneous and planned return . Newer waves of interdisciplinary scholars have examined the growing phenomena of return migration through different lens such as labor migration (Byron & Condon, ; Reynolds, ), circular movements (Ellis, Conway, & Bailey, ; Ley & Kobayashi, ; Skeldon, ), ethno‐racial understandings (Joseph, ; Phillips & Potter, ), roots or second generation returns (Anastasia Christou, ; King & Christou, ; Phillips & Potter, ; Potter, ; Reynolds, ; Wang, ; Wessendorf, ), and economic concerns (Bastia, ; Collier, Piracha, & Randazzo, ; Rendall, Brownell, & Kups, ). Although these newer studies tackle numerous aspects of the return migration process, they can benefit from a more systematic analysis of gender and other forms of stratification.…”

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The salience of gender in return migration

Girma

2017

Sociology Compass

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Return migration warrants special attention as a growing trend in our current globalized environment wherein migration can no longer be assumed to be a one‐way journey. As studies of return migration are burgeoning, this article argues for the salience of taking socially constructed ideas of gender as a central analytical factor in order to understand the complexities of human movement. It is imperative to take up gender both as a category of analysis and as a means to expand our theoretical understanding of migration. The process of return migration is overshadowed by gendered ideologies both in the home and in the host nation, as migrants leave and return to gendered societies. Through a review of recent literature, this paper will argue the multifaceted benefits of incorporating a gendered perspective in return migration research.

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2017

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“…Return migration to China consists mainly of returning professionals, academics and their families, who have usually naturalised into the citizenship of a Western country. This group is characterised by hybridised forms of cultural identification; in many circumstances, their liminality between Western intellectual training and knowledge of Chinese culture generates particular benefits for highly skilled and trained returnees (Teo 2011;Wang 2016). Yet, a focus on privilege hardly does justice to the complexity of returnees' experiences.…”

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New theoretical dialogues on migration in China: introduction to the special issue

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2020

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

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This special issue emerges from the observation that the current literatures on migration in China are constrained by a series of shortfalls, including a relative topical homogeneity centred on domestic labour migration, relatively narrowly conceived and institutionalist conceptions of migration and migrants, and a lack of engagement with theoretical models and paradigms in the broad discipline of migration studies. Assembling eight finegrained research papers engaging with a broad variety of migratory trajectories and experiences, this special issues addresses these shortfalls by: (1) investigating diverse forms of domestic and transnational migration in and to China; (2) problematising and innovating well-established analytical tools and categories in the studies on migration in China; and (3) underscoring the centrality of identity, subjectivity and everyday experiences to theoretical understandings of migration in China. Claims to such contributions are based on a concise but pointed review of the status quo of knowledge on migration in and to China.

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“…Notions of filial piety differ for second-generation migrants because they typically support extended family members, such as cousins, uncles and aunts (Nguyen-Akbar 2014). In addition, migrant offspring often feel a sense of 'cultural in-betweenness', in which they perceive themselves as not fully members of the host or sending country (Wang 2016). This feeling of separation from those in the ancestral homeland emerges from perceived cultural and class differences.…”

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Mediated remittances: transnational economic contributions from second‐generation Filipino Americans

Gutierrez

2018

Global Networks

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In this article, I explore the varying logic of second‐generation Filipino‐Americans' decisions to send economic support to family members in the Philippines. I extend the conceptual framework of remittance scripts to that of second‐generation migrants. I find that second‐generation Filipino Americans rely heavily on their first‐generation migrant parents to mediate both remittance requests and sending. As a result, respondents send what I refer to as ‘mediated remittances’. This type of remittance among second‐generation migrants leads to material, relational, and emotional aspects of a transaction being directed towards both first‐generation migrants, as well as non‐migrant recipients. Furthermore, I discuss the repertoire of scripts that second‐generation migrants employ when refusing the request to remit. Analysis of the emotional milieu associated with decisions to remit or not remit reveals an additional dimension beyond the sender–recipient dyad with the inclusion of a mediator. In doing so, this article sheds light on how second‐generation migrants participate in the transnational social field.

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The Benefits of in-betweenness: return migration of second-generation Chinese American professionals to China

Cited by 34 publications

References 23 publications

The salience of gender in return migration

The salience of gender in return migration

New theoretical dialogues on migration in China: introduction to the special issue

Mediated remittances: transnational economic contributions from second‐generation Filipino Americans

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