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Moves - Spaces - Places : the Life Worlds of Jamaican Women in Montreal. An Ethnography /

In the complex and multi-layered process of migration and identity-building, classical migration theories and approaches of transnationalism seem no longer able to grasp how belonging and home are to be found in movement. This ethnography leads the reader into the lives of five Jamaican women in Mon...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Johnson, Lisa (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2021]
Colección:Kultur und soziale Praxis.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abstract
  • Entry and Framework
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Historical Overview
  • 3 Research Questions and Outline
  • 4 Methodology
  • 5 Theoretical Concepts
  • Ethnography
  • 6 The City: Localizing Perspectives
  • 7 Womanhood: Female Spaces
  • 8 Laws of Attraction: Bodily Practices
  • 9 Grandma's Tale: Mind-Trips and Memories
  • 10 Take Off: Mobile Perspectives
  • 11 Frictions in Paradise: Facing Facts
  • 12 Roots, Pathways and Trajectories: Processes of Oscillation
  • 13 Conclusion
  • References