Death and the migrant : : bodies, borders and care / / Yasmin Gunaratnam.

• VerfasserIn: Gunaratnam, Yasmin,
• Place / Publishing House: London : : Bloomsbury Academic,, 2013.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (217 pages) :; illustrations.
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

"Using sociological research with dying migrants and care professionals, Death and the Migrant describes the unfolding drama and ordinary predicaments of transnational dying in British Cities. At times of dying, lives are looked back on and memories and losses surface. For migrants and settlers, questions of belonging and 'home' can loom large. The impact of these novel psycho-geographies is also transforming care provision as professionals encounter varied cultural cosmologies and struggle to recognise and alleviate the accumulated pain of social exclusion and injustice. And amidst the churn there are extraordinary stories of generosity and inventiveness that provide new insight into experiences of dispossession and multicultural living, revealing shared human predicaments of how bodies of all kinds survive with frailty, loss and through interdependence. These are matters that bubble up as eschatological questions that ultimately speak to us all. 'Who am I?' 'How did I get here?"--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Table of Contents

HalfTitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Preface; Elephant Pass(t); 1 Death and the Migrant - An Introduction; Frank, A first journey; Harshini, The last migration; Diasporic dying; Hospice-tality and the geo-social; Mortal chorographies; The book; 2 Eros; The promise; David; The face; Dust and guts; 3 Thanatos; 4 A Catch; Dirt; Paranoia; Comin throu the rye; Patience; 5 Never Mind; Violet is unbalanced.; Silver lining; Les Fleurs du Mal; 6 Dissimulation; Shock; Body heat; 7 Moving On; Faith; 8 Music; Noise; Hospice-tality; 9 The Prince and the Pee

Tings10 Failing, Falling; Inklings; The high wire; Not-knowing; In the skin of a lion; 11 Home; Body work; Slowly, slowly; Genograms; A view; A cough; 12 Pain; Total pain: 'All of me is wrong'; Case stories; Being affected to learn; 13 The Foreigner Question - An Epilogue; Sweet chariot; Geese20; 14 Appendix: Research and Methods; Stories, writing, care; Notes; Bibliography; Index