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Article: Schooling in Hong Kong, youth aspirations, and the contesting of Chinese identity

TitleSchooling in Hong Kong, youth aspirations, and the contesting of Chinese identity
Authors
KeywordsYouth aspirations
Bourdieu
Hong Kong
Chinese identity
China
English as medium of instruction (EMI)
Transborder
Issue Date2021
PublisherRoutledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01425692.asp
Citation
British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2021, v. 42 n. 2, p. 196-212 How to Cite?
AbstractThis article provides a critical sociological examination of how Hong Kong youth’s relationship towards Chinese identity and China is negotiated vis-a-vis schooling, language policy, and the broader Hong Kong postcolonial condition, and how this mediates these students’ aspirational imaginations regarding possibilities of studying and working in mainland China. Through focus group interviews with middle-class senior secondary school students studying in English as medium of instruction (EMI) Hong Kong government schools, we highlight the conflicted relationships students had towards China, which is embedded within historical memory, but complicated by the contrasting values inherent in Hong Kong as a global financial hub and neoliberal node. Despite the school’s active policies promoting Chinese cultural identity, deep ambivalences associated with Chinese sociopolitical values affected aspirational capacity. Furthermore, language policy and language acquisition are implicated in the formation of Hong Kong students’ spatiotemporal aspirations towards China.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/307821
ISSN
2023 Impact Factor: 2.2
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.862
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dc.contributor.authorTsao, J-
dc.contributor.authorHardy, I-
dc.contributor.authorLingard, B-
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-12T13:38:23Z-
dc.date.available2021-11-12T13:38:23Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationBritish Journal of Sociology of Education, 2021, v. 42 n. 2, p. 196-212-
dc.identifier.issn0142-5692-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/307821-
dc.description.abstractThis article provides a critical sociological examination of how Hong Kong youth’s relationship towards Chinese identity and China is negotiated vis-a-vis schooling, language policy, and the broader Hong Kong postcolonial condition, and how this mediates these students’ aspirational imaginations regarding possibilities of studying and working in mainland China. Through focus group interviews with middle-class senior secondary school students studying in English as medium of instruction (EMI) Hong Kong government schools, we highlight the conflicted relationships students had towards China, which is embedded within historical memory, but complicated by the contrasting values inherent in Hong Kong as a global financial hub and neoliberal node. Despite the school’s active policies promoting Chinese cultural identity, deep ambivalences associated with Chinese sociopolitical values affected aspirational capacity. Furthermore, language policy and language acquisition are implicated in the formation of Hong Kong students’ spatiotemporal aspirations towards China.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherRoutledge. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/01425692.asp-
dc.relation.ispartofBritish Journal of Sociology of Education-
dc.subjectYouth aspirations-
dc.subjectBourdieu-
dc.subjectHong Kong-
dc.subjectChinese identity-
dc.subjectChina-
dc.subjectEnglish as medium of instruction (EMI)-
dc.subjectTransborder-
dc.titleSchooling in Hong Kong, youth aspirations, and the contesting of Chinese identity-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailTsao, J: jtsao@hku.hk-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1080/01425692.2021.1882836-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85100970306-
dc.identifier.hkuros329613-
dc.identifier.volume42-
dc.identifier.issue2-
dc.identifier.spage196-
dc.identifier.epage212-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000618995400001-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-

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