Place, affect, and transnationalism through the voices of Hong Kong immigrants to Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3978161 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Audrey Kobayashi (Queen's University), Preston (0000-0002-4370-285X, York University), Valerie Preston, Ann Marie Murnaghan, Ann Marie F Murnaghan (0000-0002-7611-8297, York University) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 8 |
| Pages | 871-888 |
| Publication date | 2011-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14649365.2011.624191 |
| OpenAlex | W2015250326 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 38 |
The emergence of a significant transnational community of immigrants from Hong Kong to Canada, and their Canadian-born children, during the 1990s can be understood through the experience of the affect of place, which gives meaning to the emotional experiences of community members. In contrast to theories that treat affect as a preconscious attribute, we treat affect as an emergent, socially constructed, and contextual capacity for individual emotional experiences in place. Affect is a discursive product of, and is produced by, the experiences of people situated in place. The affects of suburban residential communities of concentrated Hong Kong immigrants and their children in Vancouver and Toronto are expressed through a narrative of a 'natural' and wholesome Canadian lifestyle that is situated in spacious suburban houses that contain close-knit family relations. For these participants, the wholesome suburban lifestyle contrasts with the unwholesome, and unnatural, urban lifestyle of Hong Kong
Affect (linguistics · Immigration · Meaning (existential · Narrative · Place attachment · Political science · Preconscious · Situated · Sociology · Transnationalism · Unconscious mind · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · History · Homelessness and Social Issues · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,5 |
| Citation span | 2012 - 2025 (14) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |