Return Migration and Identity: A Global Phenomenon, A Hong Kong Case

Contents

Contents List of illustrations vii Preface and acknowledgments ix About the author xiii Introduction 1 “Anna” migrates and returns home Chapter 1 11 A short history of two hundred years of Hong Kong migration and identity Chapter 2 37 Sojourner adjustment and adaptation to new cultures: Art, literature, and the social science perspective on identity Chapter 3 59 Returning home: Cultural transitions and the identity model Chapter 4 91 Results from the Hong Kong Remigration Project: Departing, adjusting, returning Chapter 5 131 Additive identity Chapter 6 161 Subtractive identity vi Contents Chapter 7 177 Global and affirmative identities Chapter 8 199 Remigrants and family life Chapter 9 215 Remigrants and professional life Chapter 10 233 Confucius and Socrates: Ancient philosophies, migration, and cultural identity Chapter 11 249 The new Hong Kong boomerang Appendix A 263 Hong Kong Remigration Project questionnaire and psychological scales Appendix B 279 Methods, sample, and qualitative analysis Appendix C 290 Quantitative analysis Appendix D 303 Demographic characteristics of research participants Notes 309 References 317 Index 331 ...