Education, migration and family relations between China and the UK : the transnational one-child generation / by Dr Mengwei Tu (Department of Sociology, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China).

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Tu, Mengwei [author.]

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text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781787146723
1787146723
9781787430051
1787430057

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Education, migration and family relations between China and the UK.DDC classification:

371.829951 23

LOC classification:

LC3085.G7 T8 2018e
LC3085.G7

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Contents:

China's Modernization: A Generational Leap -- Growing Up, Gender and Education in China -- One-Child Migrants in the UK: The Decision-Making Process, Mobility Trajectory and Parental Involvement -- The One-Child Family as a Transnational Dynamic Field: Money, Childcare and Aspiration -- Between Space and Time: Long-Term Home-Making in the UK and in China.

Summary: This book provides a fresh perspective on the understanding of transnational families by examining the one-child generation of Chinese migrants who came to the UK to study, and their parents, who remain in China.Summary: "Migration, Education and Family Relations between China and the UK: The Transnational One-Child Generation provides a fresh perspective on the understanding of transnational families, examining the one-child generation of Chinese migrants who came to the UK to study, and their parents who remain in China, separated from their only child. As these highly-educated, capital-bearing Chinese migrants continue to pursue their careers and establish families in the West, a deeply significant dilemma emerges: as the only child in the family, how do they balance their personal aspirations with responsibilities to their parents? This study is based on interviews conducted with the one-child generation of Chinese migrants in the UK and their parents in China. It charts the life course of these migrants, from their upbringing in China, to their decision to study overseas, and establish their lives abroad. Both children and parents reveal the human complexity that lies behind these choices regarding transnational mobility and immobility, temporal and spatial changes that have challenged the basis of traditional Chinese family values, which dominated intergenerational relations in China for more than two thousand years. Ultimately, this fascinating book demonstrates that the shifting multidimensional nature of an individual's identity demands a re-examination of definitions of international students, migrants, and family."--Provided by publisher

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-186) and index.

Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed December 21, 2018).

This book provides a fresh perspective on the understanding of transnational families by examining the one-child generation of Chinese migrants who came to the UK to study, and their parents, who remain in China.

"Migration, Education and Family Relations between China and the UK: The Transnational One-Child Generation provides a fresh perspective on the understanding of transnational families, examining the one-child generation of Chinese migrants who came to the UK to study, and their parents who remain in China, separated from their only child. As these highly-educated, capital-bearing Chinese migrants continue to pursue their careers and establish families in the West, a deeply significant dilemma emerges: as the only child in the family, how do they balance their personal aspirations with responsibilities to their parents? This study is based on interviews conducted with the one-child generation of Chinese migrants in the UK and their parents in China. It charts the life course of these migrants, from their upbringing in China, to their decision to study overseas, and establish their lives abroad. Both children and parents reveal the human complexity that lies behind these choices regarding transnational mobility and immobility, temporal and spatial changes that have challenged the basis of traditional Chinese family values, which dominated intergenerational relations in China for more than two thousand years. Ultimately, this fascinating book demonstrates that the shifting multidimensional nature of an individual's identity demands a re-examination of definitions of international students, migrants, and family."--Provided by publisher

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