The reimagined migrant portrait - exploring the lives of Chinese and Taiwanese minorities living in South Africa
| dc.contributor.advisor | Wasserman, Hermanus | |
| dc.contributor.author | Hsu, Tzu Ting | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-24T09:18:50Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-02-24T09:18:50Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2020-02-24T09:18:13Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | This multimedia project explores the lives of Chinese and Taiwanese migrants living in South Africa and how language, culture, community and marginalisation have come to shape their identities and to visually represent them in a way that is not prevalent in mainstream media. It uses two visual mediums – photography and video interviews – to understand these migrants’ experiences, how they perceive themselves and how they think society perceives them. Data analysis consisted of a process of coding the video interviews and structural analysis of the visuals. Rising worldwide migration has simultaneously increased the spread of diasporic communities. China’s positionality as an economic powerhouse and the influx of East Asian migrants to South Africa in recent years has shone a light on this minority population group. However, much of what is known about them tends to be through forms of mass media which perpetuates stereotypical representations. This paper draws on various literature including acculturation, diasporic communities, representation, languaging and xenophobia to explore the lives of East Asian migrants living in South Africa and search for more empowered forms of representation. | |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Hsu, T. T. (2019). <i>The reimagined migrant portrait - exploring the lives of Chinese and Taiwanese minorities living in South Africa</i>. (). ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31251 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Hsu, Tzu Ting. <i>"The reimagined migrant portrait - exploring the lives of Chinese and Taiwanese minorities living in South Africa."</i> ., ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31251 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Hsu, T. 2019. The reimagined migrant portrait - exploring the lives of Chinese and Taiwanese minorities living in South Africa. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Hsu, Tzu Ting AB - This multimedia project explores the lives of Chinese and Taiwanese migrants living in South Africa and how language, culture, community and marginalisation have come to shape their identities and to visually represent them in a way that is not prevalent in mainstream media. It uses two visual mediums – photography and video interviews – to understand these migrants’ experiences, how they perceive themselves and how they think society perceives them. Data analysis consisted of a process of coding the video interviews and structural analysis of the visuals. Rising worldwide migration has simultaneously increased the spread of diasporic communities. China’s positionality as an economic powerhouse and the influx of East Asian migrants to South Africa in recent years has shone a light on this minority population group. However, much of what is known about them tends to be through forms of mass media which perpetuates stereotypical representations. This paper draws on various literature including acculturation, diasporic communities, representation, languaging and xenophobia to explore the lives of East Asian migrants living in South Africa and search for more empowered forms of representation. DA - 2019 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - Migration KW - East Asian KW - diasporic communities KW - identity KW - language KW - documentary photography LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PY - 2019 T1 - The reimagined migrant portrait - exploring the lives of Chinese and Taiwanese minorities living in South Africa TI - The reimagined migrant portrait - exploring the lives of Chinese and Taiwanese minorities living in South Africa UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31251 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31251 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Hsu TT. The reimagined migrant portrait - exploring the lives of Chinese and Taiwanese minorities living in South Africa. []. ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Film and Media Studies, 2019 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/31251 | en_ZA |
| dc.language.rfc3066 | eng | |
| dc.publisher.department | Centre for Film and Media Studies | |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | |
| dc.subject | Migration | |
| dc.subject | East Asian | |
| dc.subject | diasporic communities | |
| dc.subject | identity | |
| dc.subject | language | |
| dc.subject | documentary photography | |
| dc.title | The reimagined migrant portrait - exploring the lives of Chinese and Taiwanese minorities living in South Africa | |
| dc.type | Master Thesis | |
| dc.type.qualificationlevel | Masters | |
| dc.type.qualificationname | MA |