Chinese in France Amid the Covid-19 Pandemic

Daily Lives, Racial Struggles and Transnational Citizenship of Migrants and Descendants
Erscheinungsjahr 2023
ISBN: 978-90-04-51109-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 576 g

The day after the epidemic broke out in Wuhan, Chinese people in France are already busy sending masks across borders and sharing media information; at the same time, a significant number of Chinese people are victims of racist attacks, insults and discrimination in France. Based on both quantitative and qualitative empirical data, this book reveals the new dynamics and interactions generated by the Covid-19 pandemic not only between different sub-groups of Chinese in France, but also between ethnic Chinese and their both countries: China and France. Mutual aid, local or transnational solidarity, inclusion initiatives, like any act of exclusion and hostility, invite you to question the essence of humanity in transnational settings, beyond the racialization of the Covid-19 virus.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Wang, Simeng

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

List of Tables and Figures

Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Between Two Worlds: the Chinese Diaspora in France during Covid-19

Simeng Wang and Francesco Madrisotti

section 1: Everyday Practices and Daily Lives during the Pandemic

1 Multilingual Media Consumption by the Chinese People in France during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Francesco Madrisotti and Simeng Wang

2 Out of Step: Preventive Measures among People of Chinese Origin in France during the Covid-19 Pandemic

Simeng Wang and Francesco Madrisotti

3 Stress and Anxiety among the Chinese Population in France during the Covid-19 Pandemic: a Study Investigating Personal and Societal Factors

Francesco Madrisotti and Simeng Wang

4 Between Safety and Health: How the Pandemic Reshaped Food Behaviors among Chinese People in France

Simeng Wang, Francesco Madrisotti and Xiabing Chen

5 A Community Response to the Covid-19 Pandemic: Collective Actions by Chinese Residents of a Multiethnic Neighborhood in the Northern Suburbs of Paris

Yong Li and Simeng Wang

Section 2: Focus on Specific Chinese Populations in France during the Covid-19 Pandemic

6 Social Ties of Elderly Migrants during Covid-19: the Chinese in Paris

Simeng Wang

7 Disruption in Study Abroad during the Pandemic: Chinese Students in France

Yong Li, Ran Yan and Simeng Wang

8 Survival during the Pandemic and Coping with Risk: an Ethnography of Vulnerable Chinese Migrants Receiving Food Assistance

Francesco Madrisotti, Ran Yan and Simeng Wang

9 Capitalizing on Opportunities during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Business Transitions among Chinese Entrepreneurs in France

Simeng Wang and Xiabing Chen

Section 3: Citizenship, Mobilization, and Relationship to the Home and Host Countries during the Covid-19 Pandemic

10 Anti-Asian Racism during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Experiences, Narratives, and Reactions

Simeng Wang and Francesco Madrisotti

11 Caring for Compatriots during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Professional Practices by Health-Care Workers of Chinese Origin in France

Simeng Wang

12 Transnational Solidarity during the Covid-19 Pandemic: the Chinese Diaspora in France

Simeng Wang and Yong Li

Conclusion

Simeng Wang

Über Autor(innen)

Simeng Wang is a sociologist and permanent research fellow at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) based in Paris. She has been working on Chinese migration to France since 2009 and has published extensively on the subject. She is the author of the monograph Chinese Migrants in Paris. The Narratives of Illusion and Suffering (Brill, 2021) and the co-editor of Chinese Immigrants in Europe: Image, Identity and Social Participation (Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2020).