Experiences in China: Getting on, getting out?

Mulvey, B. (2023) Experiences in China: Getting on, getting out? In: Mapping International Student Mobility Between Africa and China. Springer: Singapore, pp. 81-98. ISBN 9789819985081 (doi: 10.1007/978-981-99-8509-8_5)

Abstract

This chapter explores how students experience the shift between their home country and China, particularly focusing on how their pre-mobility habitus ‘travels’ with them to China. I explore how adaption to life in China, and resultant habitus mutability, differs along the lines of social background. In addition, the chapter emphasises how the historical, cultural, and legal frameworks around migration act as structural forces which shape the experiences of mobile students in the country. In particular, I argue that these facets of Chinese modernity lead to the positioning of African international students as ‘unprivileged outsiders’, in contrast to the ‘privileged’ yet alienated status of white Western foreign residents in the country. In doing so, the chapter contributes to the development of a more nuanced understanding of global and context-specific processes of racialisation, beyond those found in the West.

• Item Type: Book Sections
• Additional Information: ISBN: 9789819985098.
• Status: Published
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Mulvey, Dr Benjamin
• Authors: Mulvey, B.
• College/School: College of Social Sciences > School of Education
• Publisher: Springer
• ISBN: 9789819985081