Jianfu Ma

Biographic Data

ID4063953
NAMEJianfu Ma
GIVEN NAMESJianfu
FAMILY NAMEMa
SIGNATUREMA J
AFFILIATIONSPakistan Centre North Minzu University Yinchuan Ningxia China
ORCID0000-0001-9165-156X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS4
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Social identity development in transnational marriages of international students in China

    Open AccessRameez Raja, Jianfu Ma et al.ARTICLEHumanities and Social Sciences…2024Cited by: 2References: 10

    In recent years, the increasing trend of transnational marriages between international students in China and Chinese nationals has provided unique insights into Chinese society. This paper explores how these unions contribute to the development of social identities. Data was collected through participant observation and in-depth interviews with 15 heterosexual couples. Analysis of the findings supported the idea that these marriages foster a deep…

  • Reflections on development and fishermen’s survival in Gwadar, Pakistan

    Open AccessShakir Ullah, Usman Khan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Infrastructure Policy…2023

    This study explores the marginalization of a poor fishing community in Gwadar, Pakistan. The study provides an insight into how different levels of power, such as hidden, visible/pluralist, and invisible ideological powers, are used in policy arenas to hinder fishers’ access to participatory spaces, decision-making, and resource use. By employing Gaventa’s power cubes analytical model, we analyze fishers’ experiences and prevailing scenarios. Qua…

  • Empowerment of women through cultural tourism: Perspectives of Hui minority embroiderers in Ningxia, China

    Ming Ming Su, Ming Su et al.ARTICLEJournal of Sustainable Tourism2023

    Engagement of vulnerable rural women in the demonstration and practices of cultural heritage for tourism is a strategy that can empower them. Five dimensions of women’s empowerment (economic, social, psychological, educational and political) are examined at multiple scales (self, family, community and society) in a Hui ethnic community in Haiyuan County, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, northwest of China. This county is nationally recognized for i…

  • Orientalist constructions of the frontier pashtuns: On the Postcolonial History and Repercussions

    Zahid Ali Shah, Ikram Badshah et al.ARTICLEAsian Ethnicity2022References: 7

    This article seeks to explore the colonial encounters with Pashtuns of the erstwhile North West Frontier Province (now renamed as Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), Pakistan and their mythical Orientalist constructions in the colonial historical and ethnographic accounts of the late 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The recurring colonial images and the transformation of colonial discourses and post-colonial effects on Pashtun identity and society are analyzed i…

  • Social identity change as an integration strategy of international students in China

    Open AccessRameez Raja, Wei Zhou et al.ARTICLEInternational Migration2021Cited by: 2References: 5

    This study investigates the role of social identities in the context of international students’ transition to China. Sojourners usually confront perceived threats, including adjustment to life‐changes in a new society. The transition has a general capacity to disrupt the patterned behaviour of individuals that undermine their health and well‐being. Previous studies informed by the Social Identity Model of Identity Change demonstrate that group me…