China in Argentina Ethnographies of a Global Expansion

"These richly empirical essays enable us to understand China's ongoing experiments in engaging with the global capitalist economy by focusing on how the dynamic forces at work in Chinese-Argentine interactions arise through their encounters with one another rather than being solely imposed...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (-)
Otros Autores: Badaró, Máximo, editor (editor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cham : Springer International Publishing 2022.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Springer eBooks.
Historical and Cultural Interconnections between Latin America and Asia.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b4718338x*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Chapter 1 Introduction. China in Argentina: ethnographic perspectives of a global expansion
  • Chapter 2 "Today we are all Chinatown": identity struggle and strategic uses of culture in Buenos Aires' Chinatown
  • Chapter 3 "The language of the future": Mandarin Chinese as cultural identity and merchandise in an Argentine-Chinese bilingual school in Buenos Aires
  • Chapter 4 "This is not Chinese food": relocation, authenticity and global cuisines in Chinese restaurants in Buenos Aires
  • Chapter 5 "Chinese medicine is not just acupuncture": the experience of Chinese immigrants in the Argentinian healthcare system
  • Chapter 6 Avoiding encounters: an ethnographic analysis of Sino-Argentine business relationships in Argentina's oil industry
  • Chapter 7 "Now is all about China": recent developments in Chinese Studies in Argentina.