COMMUNICATION on CONTEMPORARY ANTHROPOLOGY

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COM.on C.A.3:e4/47-54     Online published on Apr. 28, 2009.
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Community of Relatives–Occupation among Migrants: the Life in Shanghai of a Market Family from Wenzhou

QU Xiaoyu

Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433 China


ABSTRACT: Cultural fracture is an important concept in the study of migration in recent years. This concept tries to explain the special living status of migrants in the light of cultural perspective, and a community of relatives-occupation of migrants is a concrete manifestation of cultural fracture and proactive choice in the face of risks of migration. This paper investigated a family of micro-supermarket business in Shanghai as a sample. This family came from Yongjia of Wenzhou, an industrial region, and were merged into another city in a short period of time. Taking their life history in this metropolis as a stage, this research showed the organization, daily life, network between family members, and self-sufficiency and interdependence within this network. The uniqueness of the communities of relatives-occupation was then exhibited, compared with the traditional village family communities. Considering the special status of the community in the city culture, this paper re-evaluated the force of cultural fracture and criticized the previous studies on the migration groups.

Key words: Migration group; Community of relatives-occupation; Cultural fracture

Recieved: Mar.19, 2009   Accepted: Apr. 24,2009  Corresponding: 072011009@fudan.edu.cn


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Consent was signed on April 24, 2009 by CHEN Pan as a delegate of the family to authorize the publication of their personal information in this paper.

 

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