{"product_id":"dreams-of-flight-9781478014935","title":"Dreams of Flight","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFran Martin explores how young Chinese women negotiate competing pressures on their identity while studying abroad, between expectations of fulfilling traditional roles as wife and mother versus becoming highly educated and cosmopolitan career-oriented individuals.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fran Martin describes with great sensitivity and empathy how it feels to be a ‘Chinese international student’ in a Western metropolis and how their ‘dreams of flight’—away from the strictures of neotraditional femininity and toward an aspired mobile, cosmopolitan self—must navigate the impositions of family, gender, race, and nation. In a time of rising tensions between China and the West, \u003ci\u003eDreams of Flight\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us of the human ordinariness and heterogeneity of people who are all-too-easily homogenized and ostracized as ‘the Chinese.’” -- Ien Ang, author of * On Not Speaking Chinese: Living between Asia and the West *\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eDreams of Flight\u003c\/i\u003e exemplifies the best in theoretically engaged ethnography. It tells the stories of the research participants in a beautiful, lyrical way while making nuanced and sophisticated theoretical arguments based on their experiences. It also offers a deeper understanding of Chinese students in Australia, a country that is understudied in the literature on transnational Chinese students, most of which focuses on the United States and the United Kingdom. Specialists in China studies, migration studies, international education, anthropology, and sociology will all welcome this outstanding work.” -- Vanessa L. Fong, author of * Paradise Redefined: Transnational Chinese Students and the Quest for Flexible Citizenship in the Developed World *\u003cbr\u003e\"[Martin's] offers a unique blend of ethnographic observation, individual narrative, and theoretical considerations and is an excellent addition to the field of gender studies and the study of educational mobility.\" -- Zeyi Liu * Journal of International Women's Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\"This remarkable book provides a rare deep dive into the lives of a group of people who are often the subject of unfounded stereotypes and misunderstanding. . . . Very seldom do we have the opportunity to hear from Chinese students themselves about their lives, experiences, and worldviews. . . . This book provides a deep sense of the complexities and contradictions inherent in transnational mobility, showing us the dangers of simple narratives, and most of all, allowing the everyday humanity of Chinese students to shine through.\" -- Christina Ho * Pacific Affairs *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDreams of Flight\u003c\/i\u003e is an invaluable resource for scholars, advanced undergraduates, and graduate students seeking a comparison or contrast to these present circumstances, a pleasurable and informative ethnography, and stimulating discussions of its themes and relevant theories.\" -- Arianne M. Gaetano * Feminist Encounters *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eDreams of Flight\u003c\/i\u003e needs to be read as an incredibly rich and rewarding contribution to the understanding of the increasing entanglement of international education with migration trajectories. . . . \u003ci\u003eDreams of Flight \u003c\/i\u003ewill prove invaluable for scholars who are seeking to understand their interlocutors’ trajectories from the perspective of both home and host country as they navigate multiple alliances, expectations and dreams.\" -- Fran Martin * Journal of Development Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface: After Mobility?  ix\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments  xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Worlds in Motion  1\u003cbr\u003e 1. Before Study: Dreams of Flight  35\u003cbr\u003e 2. Place: Welcome to Melvillage  57\u003cbr\u003e 3. Media: Connection and Encapsulation  97\u003cbr\u003e 4. Work: Emplacement, Mobility, and Value  128\u003cbr\u003e 5. Sexuality: Liminal Times  161\u003cbr\u003e 6. Faith: Spirits of Movement  190\u003cbr\u003e 7. Patriotism: Feeling Global Chineseness  215\u003cbr\u003e 8. After Study: Moving On, Moving Up, Moving Out  247\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: Unsettled Dreams  279\u003cbr\u003e Notes  297\u003cbr\u003e Works Cited  311\u003cbr\u003e Index  347","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408997294423,"sku":"9781478014935","price":75.65,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478014935.jpg?v=1730505021","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/dreams-of-flight-9781478014935","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}