Dr. Gabriella Angelini is an anthropologist who focuses on transnational intimacy and family dynamics in East and Southeast Asia, viewed through a feminist and postcolonial lens. Her doctoral research investigates relationships between Chinese men and White women couples in the postcolonial global city of Hong Kong, highlighting ongoing shifts in global power structures and historical continuities. She uses traditional ethnographic methods, such as participant observation and in-depth interviews, alongside innovative approaches, including critical autoethnography and digital ethnography. She is currently working on her first monograph, tentatively titled “Loving in the Shadow of Race: Chinese Men and White Women in Hong Kong.”

Research interests

Family and marriage; mobility and migration; gender; race and ethnicity; Hong Kong; Greater China; autoethnography; AI and digital technologies.

Awards

2024-25. PhD Support Scheme, Faculty of Arts, CUHK.

2020-24. Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (HKPFS).

Selected publications

2025. “AI and the Unimaginable Couples: Chinese Men and White Women.” IIAS Newsletter, 2025 Spring (no.100).