Overview
Drawing on an extensive study with young individuals who migrated to Singapore and Tokyo in the 2010s, this book sheds light on the friendships, emotions, hopes and fears involved in establishing life as Europeans in Asia. It demonstrates how migration to Asian business centres has become a way of distinction and an alternative route of middle-class reproduction for young Europeans during that period. The perceived insecurities of life in the crisis-ridden EU result in these migrants' onward migration or prolonged stays in Asia. Capturing the changing roles of Singapore and Japan as migration destinations, this pioneering work makes the case for EU citizens' aspired lifestyles and professional employment that is no longer only attainable in Europe or the West.
Full Product Details
Author: Helena Hof (University of Zurich)
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Bristol University Press
ISBN: 9781529225006
ISBN 10: 1529225000
Pages: 264
Publication Date: 01 December 2022
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Professional & Vocational
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Reviews
""This book makes a very welcome addition to our understanding of middle-class youth mobility in two global cities in Asia - Singapore and Tokyo. It combines an engaging and rich account of the career and social trajectories of young adult Europeans with an analysis of the complexity of their migrant incorporation in a period of exclusionary migration systems recently affected by COVID-19."" Eleonore Kofman, Middlesex University
"""This book makes a very welcome addition to our understanding of middle-class youth mobility in two global cities in Asia - Singapore and Tokyo. It combines an engaging and rich account of the career and social trajectories of young adult Europeans with an analysis of the complexity of their migrant incorporation in a period of exclusionary migration systems recently affected by COVID-19."" Eleonore Kofman, Middlesex University"
This book makes a very welcome addition to our understanding of middle-class youth mobility in two global cities in Asia - Singapore and Tokyo. It combines an engaging and rich account of the career and social trajectories of young adult Europeans with an analysis of the complexity of their migrant incorporation in a period of exclusionary migration systems recently affected by COVID-19. Eleonore Kofman, Middlesex University
Author Information
Helena Hof is Senior Research Fellow and Lecturer at the Institute of Asian and Oriental Studies at the University of Zurich and Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity.
