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Transnational Flows and Permissive Polities [Elektronische Ressource] : Ethnographies of Human Mobilities in Asia

Kalir, Barak,i20./21. Jh. ; Sur, Malini,i1974-

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012

268 p.

IIAS Publications series

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978-90-8964-408-4

 

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Online-Ressource

978-90-485-1587-5

This important study is a collection of ethnographies of transnational migration and border crossings in Asia. Interdisciplinary in scope, it addresses issues of mobility and diaspora from various vantage points. Unique to this volume is an emphasis of studying globalisation from below, privileging the narratives and views of ""people on the move"" - or the transnational underclass - and their sense of belonging to places and communities. The collection is further distinguished by its focus on the sources of authority and the social configurations that are created in the intersections between ...