China in Argentina

Ethnographies of a Global Expansion

AvMáximo Badaró

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Del i serien Historical and Cultural Interconnections between Latin America and Asia

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Beskrivning

This is the first book to shed light on the growing presence, influence and expansion of China in the daily life of Argentina.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-02-02
Mått:148 x 210 x undefined mm
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Historical and Cultural Interconnections between Latin America and Asia
Antal sidor:172
Förlag:Springer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN:9783030924249

Utforska kategorier

Kulturvetenskap inom Samhälle och politik
Antropologi inom Samhälle och politik

Mer om författaren

Máximo Badaró is Researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council (CONICET, Argentina) and Professor of Social Anthropology at the Universidad Nacional de San Martin (UNSAM, Argentina), where he is also the director of the Bachelor Degree Program in Social Anthropology.

Innehållsförteckning

Chapter 1 Introduction. China in Argentina: ethnographic perspectives of a global expansion.- Chapter 2 “Today we are all Chinatown”: identity struggle and strategic uses of culture in Buenos Aires' Chinatown.- Chapter 3 “The language of the future”: Mandarin Chinese as cultural identity and merchandise in an Argentine-Chinese bilingual school in Buenos Aires.- Chapter 4 “This is not Chinese food”: relocation, authenticity and global cuisines in Chinese restaurants in Buenos Aires.- Chapter 5 “Chinese medicine is not just acupuncture”: the experience of Chinese immigrants in the Argentinian healthcare system.- Chapter 6 Avoiding encounters: an ethnographic analysis of Sino-Argentine business relationships in Argentina’s oil industry.- Chapter 7 “Now is all about China”: recent developments in Chinese Studies in Argentina.