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Privileged daughters? Gendered mobility among highly educated Chinese female migrants in the UK

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Tu, Mengwei and Xie, Kailing (2020) Privileged daughters? Gendered mobility among highly educated Chinese female migrants in the UK. Social Inclusion, 8 (2). pp. 68-76. doi:10.17645/si.v8i2.2675

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Abstract

The one-child generation daughters born to middle-class Chinese parents enjoy the privilege of concentrated family resources and the opportunity for education overseas. We focus on the “privileged daughters” who have studied abroad and remained overseas as professionals. Using three cases of post-student female migrants who were of different ages and at different life stages, we situate their socioeconomic mobility in the context of intergenerational relationships and transnational social space. Drawing on further interview data from the same project we argue that, although the “privileged daughters” have achieved geographical mobility and upward social mobility, through education and a career in a Western country, their life choices remain heavily influenced by their parents in China. Such findings highlight the transnationally transferred gendered burden among the relatively “elite” cohort, thus revealing a more nuanced gendered interpretation of transnational socioeconomic mobility.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman
H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races
L Education > LC Special aspects of education
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Women -- Education -- China, Women -- China -- Social conditions, Social mobility -- China, Women -- Employment -- China, International education -- China, Families -- China -- Economic aspects
Journal or Publication Title: Social Inclusion
Publisher: Cogitatio Press
ISSN: 2183-2803
Official Date: 28 April 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
28 April 2020Published
17 January 2020Accepted
Date of first compliant deposit: 24 July 2020
Volume: 8
Number: 2
Page Range: pp. 68-76
DOI: 10.17645/si.v8i2.2675
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access

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