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Privileged Daughters? Gendered Mobility among Highly Educated Chinese Female Migrants in the UK
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Abstract The one-child generation daughters born to middle-class Chinese parents enjoy the privilege of concentrated family resources and the opportunity for education overseas. We focus on the "privileged daughters" who have studied abroad and remained overseas as professionals. Using three cases of post-st... mehr
The one-child generation daughters born to middle-class Chinese parents enjoy the privilege of concentrated family resources and the opportunity for education overseas. We focus on the "privileged daughters" who have studied abroad and remained overseas as professionals. Using three cases of post-student female migrants who were of different ages and at different life stages, we situate their socioeconomic mobility in the context of intergenerational relationships and transnational social space. Drawing on further interview data from the same project we argue that, although the "privileged daughters" have achieved geographical mobility and upward social mobility, through education and a career in a Western country, their life choices remain heavily influenced by their parents in China. Such findings highlight the transnationally transferred gendered burden among the relatively "elite" cohort, thus revealing a more nuanced gendered interpretation of transnational socioeconomic mobility.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
China; Frau; Bildungsniveau; Studium; Ausland; Migration; Mobilität; geschlechtsspezifische Faktoren
Klassifikation
Frauen- und Geschlechterforschung
Migration
Freie Schlagwörter
career trajectory; gendered mobility; one-child generation; overseas education
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 68-76
Zeitschriftentitel
Social Inclusion, 8 (2020) 2
Heftthema
Left Behind? Women's Status in Contemporary China
ISSN
2183-2803
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)