Chinese citizenship 'after orientalism
Academic narratives on internal migrants in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4525527 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Małgorzata Jakimów (0000-0002-1803-2145, University of Manchester, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Pages | 657-671 |
| Publication date | 2012-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Citizenship Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1362-1025 • E-ISSN: 1469-3593 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/13621025.2012.698488 |
| OpenAlex | W1977311204 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 14 |
| References cited | 23 |
In this article I enquire into the possibility of citizenship ‘after orientalism’ by examining the writing of Chinese academics on internal migrants in China. The popular narratives on migrants represent them as ‘peasant workers in need of becoming urban citizens’. These representations are based on an understanding of citizenship as necessarily urban and modern, which is reminiscent of Weber's theory of citizenship, and is based on mechanisms of ‘internal orientalism’. I argue that contrary to the popular understanding of ‘post-oriental’ as ‘resistance to the West’, it is the process of the boundary-transgression between rural and urban, rather than non-Western ideas of citizenship, that opens space for citizenship ‘after orientalism’ in China. This process of boundary-transgression can be mapped through new practices of naming and narrative-setting in the literature on internal migrants, which emphasise subjective character of group boundaries and appeal for recognition of rural and migrant identities. It is through these instances of boundary-transgression between urban and rural that the orientalism embedded within the notion of citizenship in China is challenged
Art · China · Citizenship · Literature · Narrative · Orientalism · Political science · Politics · Sociology · China's Ethnic Minorities and Relations · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Gender Studies · Law · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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| Unique citing works | 14 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |