Post-1978 Chinese Migration to Brazil
The Qiaoxiang Migration Models and the Rite of Passage
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6153333 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Changsheng Shu (0000-0001-9792-651X, Universidade de São Paulo, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 241-264 |
| Publication date | 2022-10-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Chinese Overseas (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1793-0391 • E-ISSN: 1793-2548 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/17932548-12341466 |
| OpenAlex | W4306318344 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 12 |
The post-1978 migration of Chinese rural peasants to Brazil can be analyzed using the qiaoxiang (migrant-sending regions) models proposed by Woon Yuen-fong (1996), Minghuan Li and Diana Wong (2017) and by Min Zhou and Xiangyi Li (2014, 2018). From a sending-country perspective, we study two major models of Chinese migration in Brazil: one is the Guangdong qiaoxiang model, and the other, the Zhejiang qiaoxiang model. The first is based mainly on the catering services, especially pastelarias (snack bars), while the second is based mainly on the wholesale and retail business of light industrial imports from China. It is well known that transnational migrations contribute to qiaoxiang development while reinforcing the existing social structures of inequality and uneven development that stimulate further migrations. As a result, migration becomes deeply ingrained on the qiaoxiang culture, a “rite of passage” that young adults must experience in their life. Through the “rite of passage,” qiaoxiang migrations are perpetuated and renovated
Archaeology · China · Development economics · Economic geography · Economics · Economy · Geography · Inequality · Political science · Rite · Rite of passage · Sociology · Anthropology · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (Paper))
The Informal Economy and Employment in Brazil
Theories of International Migration
Co-ethnic exploitation among Chinese within an ethnic economy
Moving the Migration Frontier
Cosmologies of Credit
Migration as a Rite of Passage
The Ritual Process
Cumulative Causation, Market Transition, and Emigration from China
A comparativist manifesto for international migration studies
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |