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And sexuality; Chinese migrant women; U.S. academia; transnationality
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Resisting The Victimization: Examining Ideological Tensions Of Race, Gender, Sexuality And Transnationality Among First-Generation Chinese Migrant Women In U.S. Academia, Zhao Ding
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This dissertation explored the daily experiences of first-generation Chinese migrant women who study and/or work in universities and colleges in the United States of America. Drawing on previous scholarship on whiteness studies and Asian American gender and sexuality studies with femiqueer perspectives, the primary goal of this study was to gain a better understanding of these Chinese migrant women’s daily experiences and negotiations with power relations concerning race, gender, and sexuality, and to challenge the dominant perceptions and constructions of Chinese/Asian women. By analyzing their narratives of everyday experiences, I found that white heteronormative patriarchal ideologies have been globally promoted, …