Social Mobility via academic mobility: reconfigurations in class and gender identities among Asian scholars in the global north.

Geographic mobility is increasingly perceived worldwide as a key to academic excellence, career advancement and upward social mobility. Drawing on long-term qualitative fieldwork data, this paper interrogates the impact of academic mobility in reconfiguring class and gender identities among students...

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Published in:	Journal of Ethnic & Migration Studies Vol. 43; no. 16; pp. 2704 - 2720
Main Author:	Leung, Maggi W. H.
Format:	Article
Published:	Taylor & Francis Ltd Dec2017
Subjects:	Social mobility Teacher mobility Gender identity Class identity Migrant agricultural workers Higher education
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