Precarious whiteness in pandemic times in China

Q2 Social Sciences

Asian anthropology Pub Date : 2022-07-03 DOI:10.1080/1683478X.2022.2099081

Shanshan Lan, Willy Sier, A. Camenisch

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Abstract

Abstract In this introduction we explore how the effects of the outbreak of Covid-19 in January 2020 have challenged, undermined, and transformed the racialized privileges of various groups of white migrants in China. While whiteness can be an invisible hegemonic construction in Western societies, it becomes a highly visible minority status in China. We introduce the concept of “precarious whiteness” to flesh out the multi-layered tensions in the transnational circulation and reconfiguration of white privilege, particularly in China. The articles in this special issue focus on white migrants in four domains: transnational business and entrepreneurship, Chinese-foreign families, digital media platforms, and online English teaching. Together they foreground the highly contested and fragmented nature of white racial formation in a critical historical moment of Covid-19.

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大流行时期中国不稳定的白色

摘要在这篇引言中，我们探讨了2020年1月新冠肺炎疫情的影响如何挑战、破坏和改变了中国不同白人移民群体的种族化特权。虽然白人在西方社会中可能是一种看不见的霸权结构，但在中国，它却成为了一种非常明显的少数民族地位。我们引入了“不稳定的白人”的概念，以充实白人特权跨国流通和重组中的多层紧张关系，特别是在中国。本期特刊的文章聚焦于四个领域的白人移民：跨国商业和创业、中外家庭、数字媒体平台和在线英语教学。在新冠肺炎的关键历史时刻，他们共同展望了白人种族形成的高度争议和分裂性质。

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Asian anthropology Social Sciences-Anthropology

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1.60

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