Monica Z Li
Biographic Data
| ID | 5857436 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Monica Z Li |
| GIVEN NAMES | Monica Z |
| FAMILY NAME | Li |
| SIGNATURE | LI M Z |
| AFFILIATIONS | Beijing International Studies University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Leisure as a Constraint and a Manifesto for Empowerment
Using a series of life-story interviews with a female migrant live-in caregiver in Beijing, this study examined the history and evolution of the migrant worker’s migration and the impacts it had on her leisure experience, identities, values, and social positions. The findings revealed that migration imposed unique constraints on her leisure, such as those related to the overlap of work and leisure time and space, limited finances, preference for …
Beyond luxury consumption
This study examined the social aspects of tourism from the perspective of conspicuous consumption. In the context of Chinese outbound tourism, it aimed to capture how the concept of conspicuous consumption was constructed and operationalized through a process in which the tourists made sense of their subjective travel experience. The findings suggested that this process was driven by behaviors both conforming to and diverging from mass tourism pr…
Dramaturgical performances and work-leisure dynamics in rural-to-urban domestic migrations
Situated against the backdrop of the dramatic socio-economic transformation of the Chinese society that propelled mass rural-to-urban migrations, this study focused on a group of female migrant workers who worked in the city as paid live-in-caregivers. The research explored how their work and leisure lives were related to their self-perceptions, self-expressions and social interactions. A total of 18 in-depth semi-structured interviews with femal…
The Voyage of the Self
International travel not only generates large‐scale human movements across national boundaries, but also facilitates the construction of dynamic and meaningful experiences. This study explored international travel experience by determining, for a selected group of travellers from mainland China who visited the US in the summer of 2005, how the travellers’ identities were shaped by the practice of international travel and, at the same time, how th…
Leisure and Tourism in the Changing China
Recognizing the need of more research on the meanings of leisure and tourism in diverse social and cultural contexts, this paper aims to situate the concepts of leisure and tourism in the specific social, cultural, and historical conditions of mainland China. Drawing insights from existing literature, the paper first discusses the impacts of two indigenous philosophies, Confucianism and Taoism, on Chinese approaches to leisure and travel. It appe…
Transnationalism, Leisure, and Chinese Graduate Students in the United States
Despite the substantial number of international students attending colleges and universities in the United States, limited efforts have been devoted to understanding their leisure behavior. The aim of this study was to identify factors related to the transnational status that affected leisure experiences of interviewed Chinese international graduate students. The theory of transnationalism, which posits that contemporary migrants maintain economi…
Transnationalism, Leisure, and Chinese Graduate Students in the United States
Despite the substantial number of international students attending colleges and universities in the United States, limited efforts have been devoted to understanding their leisure behavior. The aim of this study was to identify factors related to the transnational status that affected leisure experiences of interviewed Chinese international graduate students. The theory of transnationalism, which posits that contemporary migrants maintain economi…
Leisure as a Constraint and a Manifesto for Empowerment
Using a series of life-story interviews with a female migrant live-in caregiver in Beijing, this study examined the history and evolution of the migrant worker’s migration and the impacts it had on her leisure experience, identities, values, and social positions. The findings revealed that migration imposed unique constraints on her leisure, such as those related to the overlap of work and leisure time and space, limited finances, preference for …
Beyond luxury consumption
This study examined the social aspects of tourism from the perspective of conspicuous consumption. In the context of Chinese outbound tourism, it aimed to capture how the concept of conspicuous consumption was constructed and operationalized through a process in which the tourists made sense of their subjective travel experience. The findings suggested that this process was driven by behaviors both conforming to and diverging from mass tourism pr…
Dramaturgical performances and work-leisure dynamics in rural-to-urban domestic migrations
Situated against the backdrop of the dramatic socio-economic transformation of the Chinese society that propelled mass rural-to-urban migrations, this study focused on a group of female migrant workers who worked in the city as paid live-in-caregivers. The research explored how their work and leisure lives were related to their self-perceptions, self-expressions and social interactions. A total of 18 in-depth semi-structured interviews with femal…
Leisure and Tourism in the Changing China
Recognizing the need of more research on the meanings of leisure and tourism in diverse social and cultural contexts, this paper aims to situate the concepts of leisure and tourism in the specific social, cultural, and historical conditions of mainland China. Drawing insights from existing literature, the paper first discusses the impacts of two indigenous philosophies, Confucianism and Taoism, on Chinese approaches to leisure and travel. It appe…
The Voyage of the Self
International travel not only generates large‐scale human movements across national boundaries, but also facilitates the construction of dynamic and meaningful experiences. This study explored international travel experience by determining, for a selected group of travellers from mainland China who visited the US in the summer of 2005, how the travellers’ identities were shaped by the practice of international travel and, at the same time, how th…
Transnationalism, Leisure, and Chinese Graduate Students in the United States
Despite the substantial number of international students attending colleges and universities in the United States, limited efforts have been devoted to understanding their leisure behavior. The aim of this study was to identify factors related to the transnational status that affected leisure experiences of interviewed Chinese international graduate students. The theory of transnationalism, which posits that contemporary migrants maintain economi…
Leisure and Tourism in the Changing China
Recognizing the need of more research on the meanings of leisure and tourism in diverse social and cultural contexts, this paper aims to situate the concepts of leisure and tourism in the specific social, cultural, and historical conditions of mainland China. Drawing insights from existing literature, the paper first discusses the impacts of two indigenous philosophies, Confucianism and Taoism, on Chinese approaches to leisure and travel. It appe…
The Voyage of the Self
International travel not only generates large‐scale human movements across national boundaries, but also facilitates the construction of dynamic and meaningful experiences. This study explored international travel experience by determining, for a selected group of travellers from mainland China who visited the US in the summer of 2005, how the travellers’ identities were shaped by the practice of international travel and, at the same time, how th…
Dramaturgical performances and work-leisure dynamics in rural-to-urban domestic migrations
Situated against the backdrop of the dramatic socio-economic transformation of the Chinese society that propelled mass rural-to-urban migrations, this study focused on a group of female migrant workers who worked in the city as paid live-in-caregivers. The research explored how their work and leisure lives were related to their self-perceptions, self-expressions and social interactions. A total of 18 in-depth semi-structured interviews with femal…
Beyond luxury consumption
This study examined the social aspects of tourism from the perspective of conspicuous consumption. In the context of Chinese outbound tourism, it aimed to capture how the concept of conspicuous consumption was constructed and operationalized through a process in which the tourists made sense of their subjective travel experience. The findings suggested that this process was driven by behaviors both conforming to and diverging from mass tourism pr…
Leisure as a Constraint and a Manifesto for Empowerment
Using a series of life-story interviews with a female migrant live-in caregiver in Beijing, this study examined the history and evolution of the migrant worker’s migration and the impacts it had on her leisure experience, identities, values, and social positions. The findings revealed that migration imposed unique constraints on her leisure, such as those related to the overlap of work and leisure time and space, limited finances, preference for …
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · China (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Aesthetics (3 works) · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Geography (3 works) · Psychology (3 works)