Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/10361
Title: Mediated money and social relationships among Hong Kong cross-boundary students
Authors: McDonald, Tom 
Dr. SHUM Hoi Ki, Holy 
Wong, Kwok Cheung 
Issue Date: 2023
Publisher: Routledge
Source: In Costa, E., Lange, P. G., Haynes, N., Sinanan, J. (Eds.). (2023). The Routledge companion to media anthropology (pp. 301-313). Routledge.
Abstract: A growing body of scholarship has called for understanding money as a form of media. Through examining the monetary practices of Hong Kong cross-boundary students, this chapter assesses the potential anthropological significance of mediated money as it is used to enact and maintain social relationships across boundaries. By applying an anthropological approach to everyday monetary practices, we show that money’s mediating qualities can be heterogenous in nature and therefore must be understood contextually. The variegated configurations of media and money described in this chapter illustrate both how payment frequently fulfils the role of communication, but also how media is largely inseparable from exchange. We argue that an approach that pays attention to these dual aspects can make a valuable contribution to media anthropology by foregrounding the unique kinds of human engagements and social relationships that are produced when monetary transactions occur both within and across regions.
Type: Book Chapter
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11861/10361
ISBN: 9781003175605
9781032007762
9781032007786
Appears in Collections:Sociology - Publication

Show full item record

Page view(s)

34
Last Week
2
Last month
checked on Nov 18, 2024

Google ScholarTM

Impact Indices

PlumX

Metrics


Items in DSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated.