The Gendered Biopolitics of Marriage and Immigration: A Study of Pre-1949 Chinese Immigrants in Thailand

This first attempt to include women in the pre-1949 history of Chinese immigration to Thailand examines the dialectical relationship between immigration and marital practices through a gender lens. It is argued that labour immigration is not simply an economic endeavour, but rather a complex process...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of Southeast Asian studies (Singapore) 2003-02, Vol.34 (1), p.127-151
1. Verfasser:	Jiemin, Bao
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	20th century AD Anthropology Asia Asian Cultural Groups Assimilation Biopolitics China Chinese Chinese (Asian people) Chinese culture Daughters Diaspora Emigration and immigration Essays Ethnology Fathers Females Gender Grandmothers History Husbands Identity formation Immigrants Immigration Intercountry marriage Labor Migration Labour migration Marital roles Marriage Masculinity Men Noncitizens Overseas Chinese Politics Regional studies Sex Social aspects Social organization, political organization and power, relations with the State Social structure and social relations Sons Southeast Asian studies Thailand Transnationalism Wives Women Women immigrants Women's status
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Zusammenfassung:	This first attempt to include women in the pre-1949 history of Chinese immigration to Thailand examines the dialectical relationship between immigration and marital practices through a gender lens. It is argued that labour immigration is not simply an economic endeavour, but rather a complex process of cultural production in which Thai and Chinese regimes compete to produce gendered citizens.
ISSN:	0022-4634 1474-0680
DOI:	10.1017/S0022463403000079