Lebanese in Motion : : Gender and the Making of a Translocal Village / / Anja Peleikis.
Globalisation and transnational migration have altered people's understanding of as well as their relationship to their »dwelling places« and »places of origin«. Taking the empirical case of the South Lebanese Shi'ite village of Zrariye and its migrant population in Abidjan/Côte d'Ivo...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter transcript Backlist eBook Package 2000-2013 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2015] ©2003 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Edition: | 1. Aufl. |
Language: | English |
Series: | Kultur und soziale Praxis
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (210 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface and Acknowledgements -- 1. The Local and the Translocal: An Introduction -- 2. From Experience to Text -- 3. The Emergence of a Translocal Village -- 4. The Translocal Village in Practice -- 5. Gendering the Translocal Village -- 6. Beyond Translocality -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Backmatter |
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Summary: | Globalisation and transnational migration have altered people's understanding of as well as their relationship to their »dwelling places« and »places of origin«. Taking the empirical case of the South Lebanese Shi'ite village of Zrariye and its migrant population in Abidjan/Côte d'Ivoire, the book shows how »place«, which has become a vital political, economic and social resource, continues to be of tremendous significance in the age of mobility and change. »Lebanese in Motion« explores how villagers »at home« and »abroad« are involved in producing a »translocal village-in-the-making«, which emanates as a social field through their practices and narratives. Travel and the means of communication make it possible to keep in constant touch and thus renegotiate kinship, generational and gender relationships beyond local, regional and nation-state boundaries. Particularly interested in understanding how female identities are redefined, the study delineates how gender and place are mutually constituted in the translocal village under study. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9783839400456 9783111025230 9783110661552 9783110463415 9783110463347 |
DOI: | 10.1515/9783839400456?locatt=mode:legacy |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Anja Peleikis. |