Complexity of Rural Migration in China

Name: Complexity of Rural Migration in China
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Complexity of Rural Migration in ChinaThe Story of a Migrant Village\nAuthor(s): Xiong Fengshui\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367646011, 978-0367646011\nSynopsis\nThis book examines socio-economic relationships and cultural changes in contemporary rural China, focusing on the experience of a typical Chinese village the working-age population of which has been hollowed out by outbound labor migration.\n\nThe volume sheds light on the inherent complexity of peasants material, economic, and emotional dependency on the countryside, and how these relationships shape their experience of migration and the personal transformation that comes with it. Simplistic binaries such as traditional and modern are left to one side in favour of a multifaceted approach to understanding the interactions among people, institutions, and the natural environment. \n\nThe book will appeal to academics of sociology and anthropology a.