Becoming Global in the Arabian Gulf:Identities and Aspirations of Second-Generation Chinese Expatriates in the UAE  

作　　者：Yuting Wang 

机构地区：[1]Department of International Studies,American University of Sharjah,United Arab Emirates

出　　处：《Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies》2022年第4期417-435,共19页亚洲中东与伊斯兰研究（英文）

摘　　要：This article seeks to fill in the gap in the existing literature on global migration,overseas Chinese,and Sino-Gulf relations by focussing on the experiences of second-generation Chinese expatriates in the UAE.Based on in-depth interviews with a group of teenagers and young adults who have spent their formative years in the UAE and their parents,this paper examines the educational aspirations and identity dilemmas among second-generation Chinese expatriates in a cosmopolitan setting with an Arab Muslim cultural root.It seeks to unravel the complex feelings of being simultaneously privileged and marginalised among these young adults.It shows that the broad political-economic forces powerfully shape the positionality of the centre and periphery.The discourse of‘becoming global’helps to anchor these young adults in a rapidly evolving world and cope with alienation and marginalisation.

关 键 词：Overseas Chinese global migration secondary-generation migrants UAE 

分 类 号：D81[政治法律—国际关系]