Intercultural Experience and Identity
Narratives of Chinese Doctoral Students in the UK
Authors: Ye, Lily Lei
Free Preview- Addresses the question of intercultural education from a sociological perspective
- Examines the experiences of Mainland Chinese doctoral students without resorting to essentialism or 'othering'
- Provides a filter through which the experiences of the wider international student community can be seen
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- About this book
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This book examines the identity formation and negotiation of Chinese doctoral students in the UK, and the opportunity for self-transformation this experience offers. As the largest group of international students in the English-speaking world, Mainland Chinese students encounter a range of difficulties and prospects that may be relevant to the wider international student community. Using extensive qualitative and empirical data, the author explores the narratives of eleven Chinese doctoral students at two British universities through a sociological perspective. Balancing analysis with solid theoretical framework and the voices of the students themselves, the author moves away from essentialism and ‘othering’, instead shining a light on the effects of globalisation, internationalisation and recent policy strategies. This volume will be of interest and value to students and scholars of comparative and international education, identity formation, intercultural communication, the sociology of education and study abroad.
- About the authors
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Lily Lei Ye is Associate Professor in the School of Language and Culture at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, China. Her research interests include culture studies, the sociology of education, comparative and international education, applied linguistics, intercultural communication and the sociology of fashion.
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“The burgeoning literature on Chinese international students is dominated by writers and researchers from host institutions who inevitably present issues through the prism of their own experience. Lily Ye, in contrast is one of a small but growing generation of Chinese writers who have received their post-graduate education in the English-speaking world and are thus able to draw both on the perspectives of fellow students and on their own lived experience. Dr Ye’s use of Giddens’ project of the reflective self to interpret the narratives of Chinese PhD students is original, exciting, challenging and illuminating. Participants emerge not as passive victims of a system where they often face multiple disadvantages, but as active agents who mould their international experiences in ways which mirror their aspirations.” (Professor Viv Edwards, University of Reading, UK)
- Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Setting the Scene for the Narratives to Follow
Pages 1-37
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The Story of Researching Chinese International Doctoral Students’ Identity
Pages 39-55
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Engaging with the Existing Stories
Pages 57-94
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Exploring the Self Through Giddens and Bourdieu
Pages 95-122
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A Dialogue with the Past: Thinking Through Lifestyle Choices
Pages 123-145
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Intercultural Experience and Identity
- Book Subtitle
- Narratives of Chinese Doctoral Students in the UK
- Authors
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- Lily Lei Ye
- Series Title
- Palgrave Studies on Chinese Education in a Global Perspective
- Copyright
- 2018
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Copyright Holder
- The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s)
- eBook ISBN
- 978-3-319-91373-5
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-3-319-91373-5
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-3-319-91372-8
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-3-030-08238-3
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 281
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