Aspiring Arab women, investment in Chinese language learning, and the imagination of futures ‘away from home’
International Journal of Bilingualism
Published online on March 11, 2026
Abstract
International Journal of Bilingualism, Ahead of Print.
Aims and objectives:This article concerns the interdisciplinary scholarship on language, migration, and gender in a trading community in Yiwu, China.Approach:I adopt a poststructuralist approach and draw on stories of two Arab women – Nadeen and Yiyi – to ...
Aims and objectives:This article concerns the interdisciplinary scholarship on language, migration, and gender in a trading community in Yiwu, China.Approach:I adopt a poststructuralist approach and draw on stories of two Arab women – Nadeen and Yiyi – to ...