Boundaries, Borders and Borderland Constructions
Chinese in Contemporary South Africa and the Region
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2137650 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yoon Jung Park (0000-0001-6999-4996, University of Johannesburg, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 69 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 457-479 |
| Publication date | 2010-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-0184 • E-ISSN: 1469-2872 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/00020184.2010.528862 |
| OpenAlex | W2058140088 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 16 |
| References cited | 16 |
This article explores existing boundaries and borders, both real and metaphorical, related to various Chinese communities in southern Africa. Starting with a discussion of the physical, territorial and often quite porous borders between South Africa and its neighbouring countries, Park then turns to the metaphorical, fluid, and constructed boundaries between various groups of Chinese, between citizen and foreigner, and between settler and sojourner. The article concludes with the suggestion that while China and South Africa do not share a physical boundary, the concept of borderlands and borderland identities might be useful in explaining the transitional, unstable, and fluid nature of these groups of Chinese (and those with whom they interact) at a time when both countries are witnessing tremendous changes
Archaeology · Boundary (topology · China · Economic geography · Geography · Maritime boundary · Political science · Sociology · China's Global Influence and Migration · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration
Afro-Asian Solidarities to Afrasian Spaces and Identities
Theory of ethnicity and its utility in understanding the basis of cultural homogeneity of African societies
Individual Grassroots Multilingualism in Africa Town in Guangzhou
The Role of Economic Factors and Guanxi Networks in the Success of Chinese Shops in Johannesburg, South Africa
Liminal Spaces
Chinese Employers and Their Ugandan Workers
Home Away From Home
Business Borderlands
Chinese goods in Africa
Of Other Spaces? Hybrid Forms of Chinese Engagement in Sub-Saharan Africa
Rwanda Market in Addis Ababa
Gauging the dispositions between indigenes, Chinese and other immigrant traders in Ghana
Imperial migration states
Forever foreign? Is there a future for Chinese people in Africa
Seeing numbers
Perceptions of Chinese in Southern Africa
Colour, confusion and concessions
Borderlands/La Frontera
Ethnic Options
The South Atlantic Quarterly
Migration and other Modes of Transnationalism
Flexible Citizenship
The Living Tree
Crossing Borders and Transgressing Boundaries
The Study of Boundaries in the Social Sciences
Conceiving and researching transnationalism
The study of transnationalism
| Unique citing works | 16 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,23 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2024 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 16 |