Migrants, Thinkers, Storytellers : : Negotiating Meaning and Making Life in Bloemfontein, South Africa / / / ed. by Luis Escobedo, Jonatan Kurzwelly.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Lynne Rienner Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• MitwirkendeR: Agbedahin, Adesuwa Vanessa,; Agbedahin, Komlan,; Akalu, Benyam Tesfaye,; Amaral, Ana Rita,; Castillo, Julio,; Dick, Liezl,; Escobedo, Luis,; Fernana, Hamid,; Gómez-Arias, Alba,; Jeong, Ji-Hyeon,; Kruger, Frans,; Kurzwelly, Jonatan,; Mkwananzi, Faith,; Monte, Pablo Del,; Müller, Marguerite,
• HerausgeberIn: Escobedo, Luis,; Kurzwelly, Jonatan,
• Author: Ngum, Muhammad Elvis,
• Place / Publishing House: Boulder : : : Lynne Rienner Publishers, , [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (246 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Table of contents --; List of figures --; Abbreviations and acronyms --; Acknowledgements --; Foreword --; 1. Violent categorisation, relative privilege and migrant experiences in a postapartheid city --; 2. Transcending social categories: Reflections on research concerning migrant lives, lived experiences and life stories --; 3. From the mainland and from the colony: Essay on the life narrative of a Portuguese migrant in Bloemfontein --; 4. Becoming white: The story of being assimilated into the white habitus of Bloemfontein --; 5. Extremism, essentialism and identity: The life story of Muhammad Elvis Ngum --; 6. The shifting social relations and national identity practices of a Peruvian migrant in South Africa's heartland --; 7. 'Do you miss kimchi?': A collaborative arts-based narrative of education and migration --; 8. Written writing: An account of the emergence of an(other) academic author --; 9. Transitioning capitals in international student mobility --; 10. Migration change processes of a migrant couple: A social morphogenetic approach --; 11. The migrant as architect of his own comfort --; About the contributors --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780796926159; 9783110783520
• DOI: 10.1515/9780796926159
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Luis Escobedo, Jonatan Kurzwelly.

Involving immigrants as well as scholars and based on narrative life-story research, contributes important theoretical insights into the nature of social identification during the migration experience.