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SUMMARY:I'm a Citizen of the World': Gender\, Identity and the Politics of
  Scale among British Expatriates in China - Katie Willis\, Department of G
 eography\, Royal Holloway\, University of London
DTSTART:20061025T151500Z
DTEND:20061025T163000Z
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DESCRIPTION:Recent literature on the mobility patterns of a so-called 'glo
 bal elite' or 'transnational capitalist class' has focused on their ease o
 f cross-border movement and the ability to operate in a range of national 
 settings due to the increased homogenisation of 'global business space'. T
 his representation fails\, however\, to recognise the ways in which the pr
 actices of individuals are implicated in the construction of this global s
 pace.\n\nThis paper uses the example of British expatriates in China to ex
 amine these debates in relation to particular spaces and scales. While man
 y 'career expatriates' argue that they no longer possess a particular 'nat
 ional' identity\, it is clear that their abilities to be 'global citizens'
  in terms of where they are able to live and work are a reflection of prac
 tices at a range of smaller scales. This paper will focus on the gender di
 mensions of these processes and will focus on the scales of the body and t
 he household to examine how the 'national' space of China is experienced a
 nd negotiated by men and women. The paper is based on 120 interviews with 
 Britons in China\, the UK and Singapore.
LOCATION:Room 101\, Hardy Building
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