Moves, spaces, places : : the life worlds of jamaican women in Montreal : an ethnography / / Lisa Johnson.

• Superior document: Kultur und soziale Praxis
• VerfasserIn: Johnson, Lisa M.,
• Place / Publishing House: Bielefeld : : Transcript Verlag,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Kultur und soziale Praxis.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (193 pages)

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 Montreal; their daily practices and experiences, their spaces of communion, their memories and projections for the future. Lisa Johnson sheds light on the mobile biographies and migratory agency of her interlocutors by following the intricate mental and physical trajectories of their deep-rooted yearning to return home.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Acknowledgments 9 Abstract 11 1 Introduction 15 2 Historical Overview 21 3 Research Questions and Outline 29 4 Methodology 37 5 Theoretical Concepts 43 6 The City: Localizing Perspectives 61 7 Womanhood: Female Spaces 69 8 Laws of Attraction: Bodily Practices 89 9 Grandma's Tale: Mind-Trips and Memories 107 10 Take Off: Mobile Perspectives 121 11 Frictions in Paradise: Facing Facts 127 12 Roots, Pathways and Trajectories: Processes of Oscillation 147 13 Conclusion 163 References 171.