Longing in belonging : the cultural politics of settlement / Suzan Ilcan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ilcan, Suzan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Acculturation.

Group identity.

Human settlements.

Immigrants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (145 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Other Title:

Cultural politics of settlement

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The mobilization of people, populations, and places-and the social interrelations of space and time, memory and longing, and the global and local-are uniquely analyzed in this fascinating study. Instead of viewing social and cultural relations through the lenses of rigid institutions, fixed territories, or rooted communities, Ilcan focuses on mobile sites to explore the cultural politics of settlement. This book examines the social relations of longing and belonging to be found in nation building, ethnographic practices, dwelling, and diasporas. Ilcan propels us into various dimensions of movement, as well as social relations in the fields of dispersion, transition, and displacement. Drawing on insights from cultural studies, sociology, and anthropology, she inquires into contemporary and critical issues on the movement of peoples. Transitional communities represent the tensions and risks confronting those compelled to leave home, or those for whom a sense of longing superseded any feeling of belonging. This book provides fresh insight into the placement, and displacement, of particular social groups, including guest workers, migrants, and immigrants. Ilcan covers the varieties of diasporic relations and the settlements they form, as well as the manifold ways in which they affect traditional practices of settlement. She considers the cultural, economic, and political implications of globalization, evoking the struggle in our places of habitation, and the strategies deployed to subvert our habits of settlement.

Contents:

Cover

LONGING IN BELONGING

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

NOTE

CHAPTER 2 MIGRANT NATIONALISM

A HOME OF NATION-BUILDING

Monuments of the Past, Signs of the Future

Gender and Nation-Building

Scripting the "New Woman" As a National Symbol

Nation and Family

REDRESSING THE NATION: DIMENSIONS OF A NEW VISUAL CULTURE

National Spirits and New Houses

Circulating New Habits

NOTES

CHAPTER 3 ETHNOGRAPHIC TRANSITS

ETHNOGRAPHIC SURROUNDINGS

MOBILE INSIGHTS

THE POLITICS OF LOCATION AND DISPLACEMENT

CHAPTER 4 BORDER PASSAGES

DISPLACEMENT AND RELOCATION

UNSETTLING HABITS: THE GASTARBEITER

MIGRANTS IN TRANSITION: THE TURKISH "AUSLÄNDER"

AT THE CROSSROADS

CHAPTER 5 DWELLING AND DISPERSION

MOBILE LIVES

A PLACE OF REMEMBERING

NEW ARRIVALS

STORIES IN ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELDS

STORIES OF DIASPORA

A Journey Home

Border Intensities

CHAPTER 6 SUBVERSIVE MOVEMENTS

SHIFTING GROUNDS

Settling In: Disciplinary Spaces and Socially Directed Time

Unsettling: Women's Space and Time

CONCLUSION: MOBILE RELATIONS

REFERENCES

INDEX

About the Author.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400680595

9786610314980

9781280314988

1280314982

9780313010569

0313010560

OCLC:

70769529