Two sides of everydayness : suffering from foreignness (shou yang zui) and affirmations via hugging among senior Chinese women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Anthropology, Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Yan, Bing
issued: 2022-11-24T18:48:09Z
issued: 2022
related degree: Master of Arts - MA
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Chinese seniors are an important part of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside community. However, relatively little scholarly attention has been paid to them. In this thesis, I conduct research on the everyday life of female Chinese elders living in the Downtown Eastside. Using ethnographic fieldwork, including participant observation and in-depth interviews, I explore how their everyday lives are braided by daily suffering and reciprocal activities. I thereby suggest that, first, everyday life forms an important site to examine how immigrants experience the macro social system, especially the intersected structural inequality. Second, a complex form of moral economy grows out of friendships among immigrants as well as friendships with non-immigrants, which invites scholars to draw attention to the intersection of reciprocity, migration, and networks. Finally, I suggest that the relationship between welfare receivers and providers is dynamic within the context of everyday life.
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note: TWO SIDES OF EVERYDAYNESS: SUFFERING FROM FOREIGNNESS (SHOU YANG ZUI) AND AFFIRMATIONS VIA HUGGING AMONG SENIOR CHINESE WOMEN IN VANCOUVER’S DOWNTOWN EASTSIDE by BING YAN LL.B, Shandong University, 2020 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Anthropology) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) November 2022 ©Bing Yan, 2022 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the thesis entitled: Two Sides of Everydayness: Suffering from Foreignness (Shou Yang Zui) and Affirmations via Hugging among Senior Chinese Women in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside submitted by Bing Yan in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Anthropology Examining Committee: Dr. Alexia Bloch, Professor, Department of Anthropology, The University of British Columbia Supervisor Dr. Millie Creighton, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, The University of British Columbia Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Leslie Robertson, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, The University of British Columbia Additional Examiner iii Abstract Chinese seniors are an important part of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside community. However, relatively little scholarly attention has been paid to them. In this thesis, I conduct research on the everyday life of female Chinese elders living in the Downtown Eastside. Using ethnographic fieldwork, including participant observation and in-depth interviews, I explore how their everyday lives are braided by daily suffering and reciprocal activities. I thereby suggest that, first, everyday life forms an important site to examine how immigrants experience the macro social system, especially the intersected structural inequality. Second, a complex form of moral economy grows out of friendships among immigrants as well as frien…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
spatial: Downtown-Eastside (Vancouver, B.C.)
date issued: 2023-05
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0422137
language: eng
degree discipline: Anthropology
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Bloch, Alexia
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/83296