Moving matters : paths of serial migration / Susan Ossman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ossman, Susan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Emigration and immigration.

Emigration and immigration--Psychological aspects.

Immigrants--Social life and customs.

Immigrants.

Cosmopolitanism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (201 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Moving Matters is a richly nuanced portrait of the serial migrant: a person who has lived in several countries, calling each one at some point "home." The stories told here are both extraordinary and increasingly common. Serial migrants rarely travel freely—they must negotiate a world of territorial borders and legal restrictions—yet as they move from one country to another, they can use border-crossings as moments of self-clarification. They often become masters of settlement as they turn each country into a life chapter. Susan Ossman follows this diverse and growing population not only to understand how paths of serial movement produce certain ways of life, but also to illuminate an ongoing tension between global fluidity and the power of nation-states. Ultimately, her lyrical reflection on migration and social diversity offers an illustration of how taking mobility as a starting point fundamentally alters our understanding of subjectivity, politics, and social life.

Contents:

Cosmopolitan content

Nomadic action

Moving through immigration

Pulling oneself together

Present continuities

A poetics of attachment.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804785525

080478552X

OCLC:

824487187