Liminally Positioned in the South : Reinterpreting Brazilian and Chinese Relations with Africa

DOI zum Zitieren der Version auf EPub Bayreuth: https://doi.org/10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007918
URN to cite this document: urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-7918-1

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Hönke, Jana ; Cezne, Eric ; Yang, Yifan Mia:
Liminally Positioned in the South : Reinterpreting Brazilian and Chinese Relations with Africa.
In: Global Society. Vol. 37 (2023) Issue 2 . - pp. 197-224.
ISSN 1469-798X
DOI der Verlagsversion: https://doi.org/10.1080/13600826.2022.2094222

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Project title:	Project's official title Project's id Africa’s Infrastructure Globalities (Infraglob) 759798
Project financing:	European Research Council

Abstract

This article brings to fore long-standing intricacies and dilemmas in Brazil’s and China’s international positioning. It reveals the complex discursive repertoires shaping the Brazilian and Chinese sense of Self in the world, in the Global South, and, more particularly, in relation to Africa. It engages with the concept of “liminality” to highlight how constructing South–South relationships and invoking Southern identities have been ambiguous, indeterminate—thus liminal—endeavors in these countries’ international affairs. By dissecting their diplomatic and corporate narratives towards Africa, our analysis demonstrates, notwithstanding tensions and contradictions, how Brazilian and Chinese actors have creatively acted upon this liminality to pursue foreign policy goals and economic projects. In doing so, the article stresses the floating, ambiguous nature of powerful constructs such as “South” (and “West”), and binary oppositions between them. It concludes by discussing how a liminality perspective allows us to understand the unfixed and multifaceted nature of roles and identities in international relations.

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Item Type:	Article in a journal
Keywords:	Liminality; Global South; Africa; South-South relations; China; Brazil
DDC Subjects:	300 Social sciences 300 Social sciences > 300 Social sciences, sociology and anthropology 300 Social sciences > 320 Political science
Institutions of the University:	Faculties Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Chair Sociology of Africa Faculties > Faculty of Cultural Studies > Chair Sociology of Africa > Chair Sociology of Africa - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Jana Hönke
Language:	English
Originates at UBT:	Yes
URN:	urn:nbn:de:bvb:703-epub-7918-1
Date Deposited:	01 Oct 2024 13:26
Last Modified:	01 Oct 2024 13:29
URI:	https://epub.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/7918

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