Documenting transnational migration : Jordanian men working and studying in Europe, Asia and North America /

Most studies on transnational migration either stress assimilation, circulatory migration, or the negative impact of migration. This remarkable study, which covers migrants from one Jordanian village to 17 different countries in Europe, Asia, and North America, emphasizes the resiliency of transnati...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Antoun, Richard T. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Berghahn Books, 2005.
Colección:New directions in anthropology.
Temas:
Foreign workers, Jordanian > Foreign countries.
Jordanian students > Foreign countries.
Travailleurs étrangers jordaniens > Pays étrangers.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
HISTORY > Middle East > General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Emigration and immigration
Jordan > Emigration and immigration.
Jordan
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Most studies on transnational migration either stress assimilation, circulatory migration, or the negative impact of migration. This remarkable study, which covers migrants from one Jordanian village to 17 different countries in Europe, Asia, and North America, emphasizes the resiliency of transnational migrants after long periods of absence, social encapsulation, and stress, and their ability to construct social networks and reinterpret traditions in such a way as to mix the old and the new in a scenario that incorporates both worlds. Focusing on the humanistic aspects of the migration exp.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (337 pages)
ISBN:9780857455376
0857455370

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