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MIGRATION, DIASPORAS AND CITIZENSHIP Engendering Migration Journey Identity, Ethnicity and Gender of Thai Migrant Women in Hong Kong Herbary Zhang Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship Series Editors Olga Jubany Department of Social Anthropology Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona, Spain Saskia Sassen Department of Sociology and Committee on Global Thought Columbia University New York, NY, USA For over twenty years, the Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship series has contributed to cross-disciplinary empirical and theoretical debates on migration processes, serving as a critical forum for and problematising the main issues around the global movement and circulation of people. Grounded in both local and global accounts, the Series firstly focuses on the conceptualisation and dynamics of complex contemporary national and transnational drivers behind movements and forced displacements. Secondly, it explores the nexus of migration, diversity and identity, incorporating considerations of intersectionality, super-diversity, social polarization and identification processes to examine migration through the various intersections of racialized identities, ethnicity, class, gender, age, disability and other oppressions. Thirdly, the Series critically engages the emerging challenges presented by reconfigured borders and boundaries: state politicization of migration, sovereignty, security, trans- border regulations, human trade and ecology, and other imperatives that transgress geopolitical territorial borders to raise dilemmas about contem- porary movements and social drivers. Editorial Board: Brenda Yeoh Saw Ai (National University of Singapore, Singapore) Fabio Perocco (Università Ca’Foscari Venezia, Italy) Rita Segato (Universidade de Brasília, Brazil) Carlos Vargas (University of Oxford, UK) Ajmal Hussain (University of Warwick, UK) Herbary Zhang Engendering Migration Journey Identity, Ethnicity and Gender of Thai Migrant Women in Hong Kong Herbary Zhang Department of Applied Social Sciences The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Hong Kong ISSN 2662-2602 ISSN 2662-2610 (electronic) Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship ISBN 978-3-031-15974-9 ISBN 978-3-031-15975-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-15975-6 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022 This work is subject to copyright. 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Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: © Aleksandr Matveev/Alamy Stock Photo This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland ดวงดาวยงั ประกายทอแสง จรสั แรงยามมดื มนบนฟา้ ไกล (วงสามญั ชน, ๒๕๖๓) The stars still sparkle and shine Strong and bright in the dark times, in the sky far away To my parents, for their unconditional love To late David, whom I would be nowhere near who I am today without A cknowledgments The journey of completing this book has been accompanied by many uncertainties. In bringing it to life, I owed my gratitude to many people who are the light of my life. To God, the unseen guide. I am grateful for everything I have been blessed with in my life. To all Thai migrant women who participated in the study. They have enriched my life enormously, and I hope this book does voice their stories. I have been truly humbled by their willingness to share their lives with me and the trust they placed in me. I wish to express my sincere thanks to those whose mentorship has sup- ported and guided me through my academic journey, Isabella Ng, Asuncion Fresnoza-Flot, Ben Ku and Annie Chan. Thanks for their encouragement, support, help and critique. I thank my family, wherever they are in the world. This book is dedi- cated to my parents, to R, without their unconditional support and love, this book would have never been possible. Last, my deepest gratitude goes to late Dr. David Ip, my lifelong men- tor. May he rest in peace. I appreciate his wisdom and passion, without which I would be nowhere near who I am today. I gratefully acknowledge the permission to reprint material from the following publications in this book. Zhang, H. (2020). Identity negotiation of Thai female migrants in Hong Kong: Under the Gaze of Buddhism. Journal of the Siam Society, 108(1): 113–126. Reproduced with permission of the Siam Society. ix x ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Ng, I., & Zhang, H. (2021). Navigating the ethnic boundary: From ‘in-between’ to plural ethnicities among Thai middle-class migrant women in Hong Kong. Journal of Sociology, 58(1): 59–75. Reproduced with per- mission of The Australian Sociological Association and SAGE Publications. Zhang, H. (2021). From Thailand to Hong Kong: Reinventing wom- anhood in the journeys of migrant women. South East Asia Research, 29(2): 231–247. Reproduced with permission of SOAS University of London and Taylor & Francis Group. c ontents 1 Introduction: Starting the Journey 1 2 Investigating Migrant Women in Hong Kong: Toward an Intersectional Analysis Approach 15 3 Establishing the Ethnographic Study of Thai Migrant Women in Hong Kong 41 4 Transnational Migration and Identity Negotiation: Under the Gaze of Buddhism 67 5 Navigating the Ethnic Boundary: From “In-Between” to Plural Ethnicities 91 6 Reinventing Transnational Womanhood: In the Journeys of Migrant Women 113 7 Conclusion: Moving Beyond 135 Index 149 xi
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