Intercultural Experience and Identity

Lily Lei Ye is Associate Professor in the School of Language and Culture at the Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology, China. Her research interests include culture studies, the sociology of education, comparative and international education, applied linguistics, intercultural communication and the sociology of fashion.

• Chapter 1. Setting the scene for narratives to follow.- Chapter 2. The story of researching Chinese international doctoral students.- Chapter 3. Engaging with the existing stories.- Chapter 4. Exploring the self through Giddens and Bourdieu.- Chapter 5. A Dialogue with the past: thinking through life-style choices.- Chapter 6. Surviving and thriving in a foreign land: keeping the narrative going.- Chapter 7. Growing and becoming: the expanded self.- Chapter 8. Bringing the future into the present: thinking through imagined future trajectories