Language:
English
Titel der Quelle:
International Sociology
Publ. der Quelle:
, 2013
Angaben zur Quelle:
28,2013,1
DDC:
300
Keywords:
Bourdieu
;
transnationalism
;
capital
;
social positions
;
self-employment
;
Polish migrants
;
Germany
;
Sozialwissenschaften, Soziologie, Anthropologie
Abstract:
My contribution studies in-depth how Polish entrepreneurs in Munich, Germany, make use of their economic, social, and cultural capital acquired in Poland and in Germany to position themselves transnationally. I study these migrants’ life courses and draw attention to cross-border intersections between their cultural, social, and economic capital with roots in different places. I also throw light on the subjective evaluation of economic capital of migrants in a transnational frame. I discern three types of transnational social positioning of the migrants (single space, bi-local and overlapping), which suggest a new reading of Bourdieu’s work that is better adapted to the theoretical challenges faced by researchers who study people in transnational spaces.
Abstract:
Peer Reviewed
DOI:
10.1177/0268580912468919
URN:
urn:nbn:de:kobv:11-100225482
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