Migration and (Im)Mobility: Biographical Experiences of Polish Migrants in Germany and Canada

Anna Xymena Wieczorek

Open Access Published by transcript Verlag 2018

Migration and (Im)Mobility

Biographical Experiences of Polish Migrants in Germany and Canada

Anna Xymena Wieczorek
Funded by: Knowledge Unlatched - KU Select 2020: Backlist Collection

In the series Kultur und soziale Praxis

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839442517

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In her endeavour to overcome the established methodological, conceptual, and empirical dualism of mobility and migration, Anna Xymena Wieczorek develops a "mobilities perspective" by combining migration studies theories with approaches of the mobility studies. With the help of rich empirical data gathered among young adults of Polish heritage in Germany and Canada, Wieczorek conceptualizes three patterns of (im)mobility which illustrate the diversity of immigrants' geographical movements after their initial migration. She thus reveals the different social configurations promoting or hindering the development, maintenance or shifting of each pattern in migrants' biographical trajectories.

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Anna Xymena Wieczorek (Dr. phil.), born in 1985, obtained her PhD in sociology within the International Research Training Group "Diversity: Mediating Difference in Transcultural Spaces" at the University of Trier. Her research project included several stays abroad at the collaborating Université de Montréal as well as in Toronto and Berlin for field activities. Her research interests are migration, mobility and transnational studies as well as cultural, diversity and gender studies.

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Frontmatter Open Access Download PDF	1
Contents Open Access Download PDF	5
List of Tables, Figures, and Abbreviations Open Access Download PDF	9
Acknowledgements Open Access Download PDF	11
Introduction: How We Think of Migration and Mobility Open Access Download PDF	13
Part I: A Proposition: Examining Migrants’ Mobilities through Biographies
1 From “Classical” and “New” Approaches in Migration Studies to the “Mobilities Perspective” on Migration Open Access Download PDF	27
2 (Im)Mobile Individuals: Studying Their Biographies Open Access Download PDF	67
Part II: Patterns of (Im)Mobility: Reading Lives and Interpreting Biographical Narratives
Excursus on the Country of Origin: Poland Open Access Download PDF	89
3 Immobility: The Immobile Pattern of Mobility Open Access Download PDF	101
4 Transmobility: The Transnational Pattern of Mobility Open Access Download PDF	145
5 Cosmobility: The Cosmopolitan Pattern of Mobility Open Access Download PDF	219
Part III: Making Sense of Movements: Towards a “Mobilities Perspective” in Migration Studies
6 Revisiting Migration through the Patterns of (Im)Mobility Open Access Download PDF	261
Conclusion: How to Rethink Migration and Mobility Open Access Download PDF	293
References Open Access Download PDF	297

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Language: English
Publisher: transcript Verlag
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 322
Keywords: (Im)Mobility; Polish Migrants; Germany; Canada; Social Inequality; Globalization; Interculturalism; Lifestyle; Sociology

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Published: March 27, 2018
ISBN: 9783839442517