Ethnographic study of transnational migration from rural China to the U.S. and the systems of value and exchange that emerge from this migration.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Acknowledgments ix Notes on Orthography and Names xiii Introduction 1 Part I. Edgy Dispositions 23 1. To Be Emplaced: Fuzhounese Migration and the Geography of Desire 31 2. Stepping Out: Contesting the Moral Career from Peasant to Overseas Chinese 59 Part II. Exits and Entrances 101 3. Snakeheads and Paper Trails: The Making of Exits 107 4. Bad Subjects: Human Smuggling, Legality, and the Problem of Entrance 141 Part III. Debts and Diversions 165 5. For Use in Heaven or Hell: The Circulation of the U.S. Dollar among Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors 171 6. Partings and Returns: Gender, Kinship, and the Mediation of Renqing 217 Conclusion: When Fortune Flows 257 Notes 269 Bibliography 295 Index 321
Acknowledgments ix Notes on Orthography and Names xiii Introduction 1 Part I. Edgy Dispositions 23 1. To Be Emplaced: Fuzhounese Migration and the Geography of Desire 31 2. Stepping Out: Contesting the Moral Career from Peasant to Overseas Chinese 59 Part II. Exits and Entrances 101 3. Snakeheads and Paper Trails: The Making of Exits 107 4. Bad Subjects: Human Smuggling, Legality, and the Problem of Entrance 141 Part III. Debts and Diversions 165 5. For Use in Heaven or Hell: The Circulation of the U.S. Dollar among Gods, Ghosts, and Ancestors 171 6. Partings and Returns: Gender, Kinship, and the Mediation of Renqing 217 Conclusion: When Fortune Flows 257 Notes 269 Bibliography 295 Index 321
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