Overview

This volume fills a major gap in publications on migration and digital media worlds by bringing information and communication technology (ICT) to the fore of our understanding of migrants' experiences in, and practices of, connectivity and mobility. During recent decades, migration within and from East Asia has become paradigmatic of the changing substance and patterns of global mobility. Focusing on migration within and beyond East Asia, a region defined by its global migration and its leading role in ICT use and development, this volume explores the pervasive use of smartphones as an everyday reality for East Asian migrants, advocating the necessity of understanding how they live their lives both online and offline. In this respect, the originality of this volume lies in its interdisciplinary analysis of migrants' activities at the crossroads between physical and digital spaces. Our theoretical innovation and empirical findings will open an avenue to investigate the novel shape and scales of contemporary connectivity and mobility.

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Author:   Beatrice Zani ,  Isabelle Cockel
Publisher:   Anthem Press
Imprint:   Anthem Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.30cm , Height: 1.60cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9781839988868

ISBN 10:   183998886
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   04 June 2024
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword; Maurizio Ambrosini; Introduction: An Emerging Field: The Fusion and Compression of the Online and Offline Worlds; Isabelle Cockel and Beatrice Zani; 1. Digital Work, the Compressed Individual, and Emotions in China; Laurence Roulleau-Berger; 2. Empowerment, Self-Reification and Economic Aspirations through Digital Media among Migrant Workers in Southern China; Pablo Ampuero-Ruiz; 3. Feminine Digital Entrepreneurship: The E-Commerce of Infant Milk Formula among Chinese Migrant Women in France; Yong Li; 4. Digital Connectivity and Migrant Entrepreneurship: Friendship, Intimacy and Commerce among Chinese ‘Connected’ Migrants in Canada and Taiwan; Beatrice Zani; 5. Gender, Self-Transformation and Digital Platforms: Female Taiwanese International Students’ Screen-Mediated Communication with their Parents; Amélie Keyser-Verreault; 6. When Digital Media Intersects with Queerness: Transnational Connectivity and the Sense of (Dis)Connectedness among Chinese Trans Women in Japan; Iris Issen; 7. Fusing Offline and Online Realities: The Negotiation of Sexualities among Male Vietnamese Migrants in Japan; An Huy Tran; 8. Reach Out When There Is No Way to Reach: Social Media and Migration Activism in Italy and East Asia; Beatrice Zani and Isabelle Cockel; Conclusion: The Compression of Social Time    Delphine Mercier, Pablo Ampuero-Ruiz, and Isabelle Cockel; Index

Reviews

‘A rich collection of essays that creatively combine media studies and migration studies. Putting migrants’ voices at the forefront, this volume shows the complex enmeshment of “real” and “virtual” worlds, and how it shapes the experiences of different affects and spaces. An essential contribution to studies of globalization and mobility.’ — Anne-Marie D’Aoust, Full Professor and Chairholder, Canada Research Chair on the Security Governance of Bodies, Mobility, and Borders, Department of Political Science, Université du Québec à Montréal ‘This edited volume offers a timely exploration of how digital connectivity is transforming the life world of migrants in East Asia.’ — Pei-Chia Lan, National Taiwan University ‘This volume adopts a gender-sensitive lens in exploring how migrants in and from Asia use digital technologies and social media in their transnational business, family and social practices and in their political mobilizations. Together, these lively chapters offer fresh conceptual insights into how social forces and technological developments are transforming each other.’ — Rachel Murphy, Professor of Chinese Development and Society, University of Oxford

Author Information

Dr. Isabelle Cheng is Senior Lecturer in the University of Portsmouth. Dr. Beatrice Zani is Postdoctoral research fellow at McGill University.

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