Cosmologies of credit: transnational mobility and the politics of destination in China/ Julie Y. Chu.
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TextPublication details: Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2010Description: xi, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780822348061Subject(s): Fujian Sheng (China) -- Emigration and immigration | Fujian Sheng (China) -- Rural conditionsDDC classification: 320.951
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To be emplaced : Fuzhounese migration and the geography of desire -- Stepping out : contesting the moral career from peasant to overseas Chinese -- Snakeheads and paper trails : the making of exits -- Bad subjects : human smuggling, legality, and the problem of entrance -- For use in heaven or hell : the circulation of the U.S. dollar among gods, ghosts, and ancestors -- Partings and returns : gender, kinship, and the mediation of renqing.
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Central Library, Sikkim University General Book Section | 320.951 CHU/C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | P19324 |
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To be emplaced : Fuzhounese migration and the geography of desire -- Stepping out : contesting the moral career from peasant to overseas Chinese -- Snakeheads and paper trails : the making of exits -- Bad subjects : human smuggling, legality, and the problem of entrance -- For use in heaven or hell : the circulation of the U.S. dollar among gods, ghosts, and ancestors -- Partings and returns : gender, kinship, and the mediation of renqing.
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