ISBN:
0203167147
,
0415254329
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xv, 246 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Transnationalism. Routledge research in transnationalism 3
Parallel Title:
Print version New Approaches to Migration? : Transnational Communities and the Transformation of Home
DDC:
304.8
Keywords:
Refugees
;
Home
;
Immigrants
;
Emigration and immigration Social aspects
Abstract:
This book critically evaluates the transnational communities approach to contemporary international migration and will be an important resource for scholars of migration, human geography and cultural studies
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; New Approaches to Migration?; Copyright Page; Contents; Notes on contributors; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Transnationalism, international migration and home: Nadje Al-Ali and Khalid Koser; Part I: Transnational communities and the meaning of 'home'; 2. Homes in crisis: Syrian Orthodox Christians in Turkey and Germany: Heidi Armbruster; 3. Sudanese identity in diaspora and the meaning of home: the transformative role of Sudanese NGOs in Cairo: Anita Häusermann Fábos
Description / Table of Contents:
4. Shifting Meanings of 'Home': Consumption and identity in Moroccan women's transnational practices between Italy and Morocco: Ruba Salih5. Senegal is our home: The anchored nature of Senegalese transnational networks: Bruno Riccio; Part II: The implications of transforming homes for transnational communities; 6. The meaning of homeland for the Palestinian diaspora: Revival and transformation: Mohamed Kamel Dorai; 7. Trans- or a-national?: Bosnian refugees in the UK and the Netherlands: Nadje Al-Ali
Description / Table of Contents:
8. Homeland lost and gained: Croatian diaspora and refugees in Sweden: Maja Povrzanović Frykman9. From refugees to transnational communities?: Khalid Koser; Part III: Transnational communities and the transformation of home; 10. Mobilizing for the transformation of home: Politicized identities and transnational practices: Fiona B. Adamson; 11. The Kashmiri diaspora: Influences in Kashmir: Patricia Ellis and Zafar Khan; 12. Working for a solution through Europe: Kurdish political lobbying in Germany: Eva Østergaard-Nielsen
Description / Table of Contents:
13. Sustaining societies under strain: remittances as a form of transnational exchange in Sri Lanka and Ghana: Nicholas Van HearReferences; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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