Return Migration and Identity: A Global Phenomenon, a Hong Kong Case (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789888028832)

The global trend for immigrants to return home has unique relevance for Hong Kong. This work of cross-cultural psychology explores many personal stories of return migration. The author captures in dozens of interviews the anxieties, anticipations, hardships and flexible world perspectives of migrants and their families as well as friends and workers. The book examines cultural identity shifts and population flows during a critical juncture in Hong Kong history between the Sino-British Joint Declaration in 1984 and the early years of Hong Kong's new status as a special administrative region after 1997. Nearly a million residents of Hong Kong migrated to North America, Europe and Australia in the 1990s. These interviews and analyses help illustrate individual choices and identity profiles during this period of unusual cultural flexibility and behavioral adjustment.

Author: Nan M. Sussman
ISBN-10: 9888028839
ISBN-13: 9789888028832
Publisher: Hong Kong University Press
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2010
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover