Identity and cultural intimacy of Central Asian students in a Hong Kong university

Identity and cultural intimacy of Central Asian students in a Hong Kong university

• Li, Zhen Jennie The Education University of Hong Kong
• Gu, Ming Yue Michelle The Education University of Hong Kong
• Zhu, Ye Shanghai International Studies University

Globalisation, Societies and Education, 2023

Routledge

2023

• A Human Growth & Development
  • AC Socialization, Self-concept, Self-esteem, Identity, Affective, Emotional, Psycho-social & Moral Development
• A Human Growth & Development
  • AE Socioeconomic & Cultural Differences, Class & Family Background
• N Students & Student Services
  • NO Minorities & Immigrant Students
• P Social Context of Education
  • PH Minorities & Education, Racial & Ethnic Factors

Central Asians International Students Study-abroad Cultural Intimacy Identity

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

This article analyses the study-abroad identity of Central Asian undergraduate students in a Hong Kong university. It draws on the narrative data to explore the intercultural tensions and challenges they faced in the higher education context, as well as the impact of their study-abroad experiences on their identity-making when integrating into the receiving society. Drawing on Herzfeld’s (2005) concept of cultural intimacy, this article explains the students’ limited participation in local Hong Kong communities and their strong connection to the small, diasporic Central Asian network. It also reveals the co-existence of post-Soviet national identities and a cohesive Central Asian identity in the participants’ identity-making processes. Copyright © 2023 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.

• English

Journal Articles

• 14767724

• 10.1080/14767724.2023.2272148

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/e108b6fa

2024-02-15