Manufacturing Ethnicity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2361676 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Peter Kwong (Hunter College, City University of New York, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 365-387 |
| Publication date | 1997-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Critique of Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0308-275X • E-ISSN: 1460-3721 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0308275x9701700404 |
| OpenAlex | W4247437157 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 4 |
■ Immigrants often depend on ethnic mutual assistance to make a start in this country. But the concept of ethnic solidarity can also be manipulated by employers to gain better control over their co-ethnic employees. In studying the predicament of Chinese immigrant workers in New York's Chinatown, and especially the Chinese illegals, this article shows that Chinese employers often invoke ethnic symbols to project an image that only co-ethnics can be trusted, thus blocking the new immigrants' attempts to seek better opportunities outside of their ethnic environment. Ultimately, this article questions the validity of the ethnic enclave thesis
Chinatown · Ethnic group · Immigration · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Solidarity · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
Segmented Network Embeddedness
A Cultural Politics of Entrepreneurship in Nation‐Making
Selection and adaptation in human migration
Migration and the city
Building political agency and movement leadership
Networked individualism with superficial integration
Urban History, Urban Anthropology, and the Study of Migrants in Cities
Becoming Homecare Workers
Theorizing the City
| Unique citing works | 9 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 1997 - 2026 (30) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |