PETER LANG - European Academic Publishers
are pleased to announce a new book by
Feng-Bing
ETHNICITY, CHILDREN & HABITUS
Ethnic Chinese School Children in Northern Ireland
Bern, Berlin, Bruxelles, Frankfurt am Main, New York, Oxford, Wien, 2005.
XII, 251 pp., 2 tables
European University Studies: Series 22, Sociology. Vol. 401
ISBN 3-03910-585-X / US-ISBN 0-8204-7040-6 pb.
sFr. 66.00 / EUR* 45.50 / EUR** 42.50 / £ 29.80 / US-$ 50.95
* includes VAT - only valid for Germany and Austria
** does not include VAT
This book is concerned with the ethnic experience of Chinese secondary
school children living in Northern Ireland. The author analyses two sub-
groups of Chinese children: those with parents coming from Hong Kong and
those with parents coming from Mainland China. The purpose of this study
is to investigate how these apparently 'Chinese' children feel about their
ethnic identity. By drawing upon Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, and a
cultural studies' approach to ethnicity and identity in general, the
author examines the characteristics of cultural specificity and
heterogeneity.
Methodologically, the author has chosen an ethnographic approach.
Prominence is given to the definitions, perspectives and voices of the
children themselves by conducting open-ended, indepth and informal
interviews and by doing so on an extended basis. The whole process
continued for two and half years. Close attention was paid to the
children's immediate circumstances, their parental occupations and their
general social and cultural conditions.
Contents:
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Literature Review - Theoretical Framework - Searching for a Methodology -
The Mainland Chinese School Children: Practice of Relation-Building - The
Hong Kong Chinese School Children: The Construction of Cultural
Alienation - Narratives of the Mainland Chinese Parents - Narratives of
the Hong Kong Chinese Parents - Discussion and Conclusion - A Critical
Reflection on the Research Process.
The Author:
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Feng-Bing grew up in China. She obtained her first degree in English
language and literature from Luoyang Foreign Languages University, did her
post-graduate studies in American studies at Beijing Foreign Studies
University and received her doctoral degree in sociology from the
University of Ulster at Jordanstown, Northern Ireland. She has many years
of cross-cultural teaching experience at many universities in China, the
Netherlands, Singapore and Northern Ireland. Currently, she is lecturing
at the School of International Studies of Zhejiang University, People's
Republic of China. Her publications include translated academic book and
journal articles.
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