Africana People in China
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adaptive ambivalence
African diaspora
Africana Group
Africana studies
Africana Women
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Carlton Jama Adams
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China's Attraction
China's Economic Strategies
China’s Attraction
China’s Economic Strategies
Chinese Persons
cross-cultural identity
Cruel Optimism
Dark Skinned Persons
diaspora studies
Dominant Han Group
Eat Dog Meat
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eq_history
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Exercise Agency
globalization
Good Life
Han Culture
Han Ethnic Group
Han Group
identity
Initial Negative Response
Knowledge Acquisition
Low Skilled Foreign Workers
Market Ethos
mental health research
migrant labor China
migrant workers
migration studies
Neo-liberal Ethos
Neoliberal Ethos
non-Han Ethnic Groups
otherness
psychoanalysis
psychoanalytic perspectives
psychological well-being of African migrants
psychosocial adaptation
psychosocial perspective
qualitative interviews
resilience research
risk-management
self-development
self-making
Shuttle Migration
Social Unconscious
Technical Skill Sets
Virtual Diaspora
Product details
- ISBN 9780367585020
- Weight: 294g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 30 Jun 2020
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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This book examines the psychosocial experiences of foreign workers from Africa and its diaspora in China, within the context of international socio-economic forces. By exploring employment-based migration from a psychoanalytic perspective, this volume investigates the utility of adaptive ambivalence and the challenges that migrant workers face around issues of self-development, agency, and identity. Through a careful analysis of interviews with Africana people, the author demonstrates that the capacity to be reflective and resilient alongside having a strong and diversified support network are crucial for the psychological well-being of those living and working in unfamiliar geographic and cultural conditions.
C. Jama Adams is an Associate Professor of Psychology and Africana Studies at John Jay College of Criminal Justice/CUNY, USA.
