Migration, Space and Transnational Identities : The British in South Africa / by D. Conway, P. Leonard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Conway, D., Author.

Leonard, P., Author.

Series:

Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship, 2662-2610

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Political science.

Human geography.

Ethnology--Africa.

Ethnology.

Culture.

Race.

Emigration and immigration.

Sociology.

Political Science.

Human Geography.

African Culture.

Race and Ethnicity Studies.

Human Migration.

Local Subjects:

Political Science.

Human Geography.

African Culture.

Race and Ethnicity Studies.

Human Migration.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (225 p.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2014.

Place of Publication:

London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Twenty years after the post-apartheid Government took office, this timely text interrogates the extent to which the attitudes, identities and everyday lives of British people have changed in accordance with the 'new' South Africa. New ethnographic research is drawn upon to explore important questions of mobility, locality and identity.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 The British in South Africa: Continuity or Change?; 2 The Historical, Political and Social Dynamics of British Migration to South Africa; 3 Transnational and Translocal Identities: Settling in South Africa; 4 Space and Place in South Africa; 5 Landscapes of Belonging: Negotiating Britishness in South Africa; 6 The Landscapes of Un/belonging in South Africa; 7 Narratives of Continuity and Change: British Social and Political Attitudes in South Africa; 8 The British in South Africa: Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781349344796

1349344796

9781137319135

1137319135