New directions in Africa-China studies / edited by Chris Alden and Daniel Large.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Studying China-Africa/Africa-China relations / Chris Alden and Daniel Large -- From China in Africa to global African studies. -- From field work to academic field : personal reflections on China-Africa research / George Yu -- African studies in China in the 21st century : a historiographical survey / Li Anshan -- Themes and thoughts in Africanists discourse about China and Africa / Kweku Ampiah -- Media as a site of contestation in China-Africa relations / Cobus van Staden and Yu-shan Wu -- "China in Africa" in the Anthropocene : a discourse of divergence in a converging world / Ross Anthony -- Global African studies and locating China / Jamie Monson -- Doing ethnography beyond China : the ethic of the ignorant foreigner / Gabriel Bamana. -- Views from downstairs : ethnography, identity and agency. -- Chinese peanuts and Chinese machinga : the use and abuse of a rumour in Dar es Salaam (and ethnographic writing) / Derek Sheridan -- Reflections on the role of race in China-Africa relations / T Tu Huynh and Yoon Jung Park -- Kenyan agency in Kenya-China relations : contestation, cooperation and passivity / Maddalena Procopio -- Bureaucratic agency and power asymmetry : Benin and China / Folashad�e Soul�e-Kohndou -- Dependency and underdevelopment : the case of the special economic zone in Mauritius / Honita Cowaloosur and Ian Taylor -- Ivory trails : divergent values of ivory and elephants in Africa and Asia / Stephanie Rupp. -- Views from upstairs : elites, policy and political economy. -- Neo-patrimonialism and extraversion in China's relations with Angola and Mozambique : is Beijing making a difference? / Ana Cristina Alves and Sergio Chichava -- Between resource extraction and industrializing Africa / Mzukisi Qobo and Garth le Pere -- A Chinese model for Africa : the problem with problem-solving / Chris Alden -- New structural economics : laying the groundwork for theoretical reflection on China-Africa engagement / Tang Xiaoyang -- China-in-Africa and global economic transformation / Alvin Camba and Ho-fung Hong -- China and African security / Lina Benabdallah and Daniel Large -- Conclusion / Chris Alden and Daniel Large.

"Despite the accumulation of studies drawing from other fields, China-Africa studies still bears the hallmarks of its origins and popularization in IR - in Western and Chinese scholarship, and in this continues to shape subsequent work on it. New Directions in Africa-China Studies takes a step back from the 'events-driven' reactions and analysis characterizing much analysis in order to reflect more deeply on questions concerning how this has been, is and can be studied. This book offers a comprehensive and authoritative analytical review of the burgeoning area of China-Africa studies. The contributors draw on various disciplinary perspectives, posing not just methodological and theoretical questions about China-Africa and arguments for repositioning this as Africa-China but also raising wider issues, such as higher education in Africa or the global impact of China on social science. Showcasing a range of perspectives by an authoritative array of leading and emerging scholars, New Directions in Africa-China Studies is an essential read for scholars of the Africa-China relationships. It is also an authoritative resource for courses on African international relations, Chinese international relations, the South in Global Politics, or South-South development."--Publisher's summary.