{"product_id":"affective-encounters-di-wu-9781350102439","title":"Affective Encounters: Everyday Life Among Chinese Migrants in Zambia","description":"\u003cp\u003eAgainst the background of China's rapidly growing, and sometimes highly controversial, activities in Africa, this book is among the first of its kind to systematically document Sino-African interactions at the everyday level. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on sixteen months of ethnographic fieldwork at two contrasting sites in Lusaka, Zambia--a Chinese state-sponsored educational farm and a private Chinese family farm--Di Wu focuses on daily interactions among Chinese migrants and their Zambian hosts. Daily communicative events, e.g. banquets, market negotiations, work-place disputes, and various social encounters across a range of settings are used to trace the essential role that emotion\/affect plays in forming and reproducing social relations and group identities among Chinese migrants. Wu suggests that affective encounters in everyday situations--as well as failed attempts to generate affect--should not be overlooked in order to fully appreciate Sino-African interactions.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDeeply researched and with rich ethnographic detail, this book will be relevant to scholars of anthropology, international development, and others interested in Sino-African relations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Di Wu\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350102431\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350102439\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/18\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 236\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2021","brand":"Di Wu","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136603500799,"sku":"9781350102439","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_bd5cb81f-6e69-4ff2-a8dc-4b76533788ac.jpg?v=1770163727","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/affective-encounters-di-wu-9781350102439","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}