Imaginaries of migration : life stories of Mexican migrants in Germany /

How do Mexican migrants in Germany perceive themselves and their lives? Innovatively combining theories of interculturality and social imaginaries, Yolanda López García uses the anthropological method of life stories to investigate the understudied area of Mexican migration to Germany. She discuss...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: López García, Yolanda (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bielefeld : Transcript, [2021]
Colección:Kultur und soziale Praxis.
Temas:
Mexicans > Germany > Social conditions.
Mexicains > Allemagne > Conditions sociales.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Mexicans > Social conditions.
Germany > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Allemagne > Émigration et immigration > Aspect social.
Germany.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Contents
  • Structural Overview
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • Research Objective
  • Framing Mexican Migration
  • General Panorama of German-Mexican Studies
  • Mexican emigration to Germany
  • Significance of this Research
  • Monograph Structure
  • 1 Theoretical Lens
  • 1.1 The Imaginary: History of a Concept
  • 1.2 Mapping the Imaginaries in Different Academic Contexts
  • 1.3 Approaching Social Life from the Perspective of the Imaginaries
  • 1.3.1 Foundations for Understanding the Imaginaries: The Social Construction of Reality
  • 1.3.2 Fields of Action of the Imaginaries
  • 1.4 Migrant Imaginaries
  • 1.4.1 The Imaginary Dimension of Life in Migration
  • 1.4.2 The Nation as a Dominant Imaginary and its Effects on Migration
  • 1.5 Summary
  • 2 Methodology
  • 2.1 Research Design
  • 2.1.1 The Life Story Approach
  • 2.2 Procedure for the Collection of Empirical Materials
  • 2.2.1 Selection Criteria for Participants
  • 2.2.2 Finding Participants
  • 2.2.3 Participants' General Information
  • 2.2.4 The Conversations
  • 2.2.5 Methodology and Tools
  • 2.2.6 Transcription & Translation
  • 2.3 Analysis Procedure
  • 2.3.1 Zooming Out
  • Getting to Know the Stories as Unities
  • 2.3.2 Zooming In
  • Thematic Analysis
  • 2.4 Critical Reflection on the Research Procedure
  • 2.4.1 Reflection on Challenges and Limitations
  • 2.4.2 Reflection as Researcher and Co-producer of Stories
  • 2.4.3 Reflection on my Own Story
  • 2.5 Summary
  • 3 Re-imagining Life through Migration
  • 3.1 Lifestyle in Migration
  • 3.2 Motivations for Mobility
  • 3.2.1 Motivation for Migration Prior to Germany
  • 3.2.2 Motivation for Migrating to Germany
  • 3.3 Re-imagining Life in Germany
  • 3.3.1 Arrival and First Impressions
  • 3.3.2 Internal Mobility in Germany
  • 3.3.3 Re-Imagining Life Quality, Lifestyle and Security
  • 3.4 Summary
  • 4 Re-imagining Mexicanness
  • 4.1 Dialectic between Self-Perception, Perception of Others and Meta-Perception
  • 4.1.1 Being Mexican
  • 4.1.2 Double Role: as Ambassadors and/or Prisoners of Culture
  • 4.2 Re-configuration of Mexicanness through Practices
  • 4.2.1 Mexican Cuisine
  • 4.2.2 Celebrations, Folkloric Dancing and Traditional and Ethnic Dress
  • 4.2.3 Socio-Political Practices
  • 4.3 Summary
  • 5 Re-imagining Change and Belonging: Agency between Dominant and Emergent Imaginaries
  • 5.1 Being Germanized
  • 5.2 Fuzziness: "Not Here, Not There" & "Trapped between Two Worlds"
  • 5.3 Practices in the Context of Change
  • 5.4 Summary
  • Conclusions
  • References
  • List of Figures/Tables
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Appendices
  • Appendix A: Conversation Index
  • Appendix B: Rules for Transcribing
  • Appendix C: Participant Overview

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