Moves - Spaces - Places : : The Life Worlds of Jamaican Women in Montreal. An Ethnography /

Moves - Spaces - Places : : The Life Worlds of Jamaican Women in Montreal. An Ethnography / / Lisa Johnson.

In the complex and multi-layered process of migration and identity-building, classical migration theories and approaches of transnationalism seem no longer able to grasp how belonging and home are to be found in movement. This ethnography leads the reader into the lives of five Jamaican women in Mon...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus PP Package 2021 Part 2
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Johnson, Lisa,
Place / Publishing House:Bielefeld : : transcript Verlag, , [2021]
©2021
Year of Publication:2021
Language:English
Series:Kultur und soziale Praxis
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Physical Description:1 online resource (192 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abstract
  • Entry and Framework
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Historical Overview
  • 3 Research Questions and Outline
  • 4 Methodology
  • 5 Theoretical Concepts
  • Ethnography
  • 6 The City: Localizing Perspectives
  • 7 Womanhood: Female Spaces
  • 8 Laws of Attraction: Bodily Practices
  • 9 Grandma's Tale: Mind-Trips and Memories
  • 10 Take Off: Mobile Perspectives
  • 11 Frictions in Paradise: Facing Facts
  • 12 Roots, Pathways and Trajectories: Processes of Oscillation
  • 13 Conclusion
  • References

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