The role of the new media in the migratory experiences of brazilian footwear industry workers in the south of China [El rol de los nuevos medios de comunicación en las experiencias migratorias de trabajadores de la industria brasileña del calzado en el sur de China]

Migraciones Internacionales
Volume 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 47-74

The role of the new media in the migratory experiences of brazilian footwear industry workers in the south of China [El rol de los nuevos medios de comunicación en las experiencias migratorias de trabajadores de la industria brasileña del calzado en el sur de China] (Article)

Kuhn Jr. N. , Nunes M.F.

^a Universidade Feevale, Brazil
^b Universidade Feevale, Brazil

Abstract

Migratory experiences are part of the representative phenomena of contemporary social arrangements since not only goods and capital but also persons move from one part of the earth to another, joining the synergic flows of capitalism organized on a global scale. Empirically, we refer to the migratory experiences of footwear industry workers from Novo Hamburgo, Brazil, who have immigrated to China in recent years. We analyze the strategies adopted by these groups to support their projects to migrate to and settle in China. Above all, we focus on the role played by communications media in the construction of links between the community of origin and the new ethnic environment recreated in foreign lands.

Author Keywords

China Brazil Communications media Information and communications technologies work

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84863798905&partnerID=40&md5=e8fb46562fe16629ad9f6bf018a17bae

ISSN: 16658906

Original Language: English; Spanish