Mobility, transnationalism and contemporary African societies / edited by Tilo Gratz.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grätz, Tilo.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transnationalism.

Africa, Sub-Saharan--Emigration and immigration.

Africa, Sub-Saharan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (199 p.)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The book is meant to shed new light on migratory processes pertinent to Sub-Saharan Africa. It starts out from the position that contemporary migratory movements can only be assessed by employing an appropriate theoretical framework which helps with conceptualising both localised strategies of migrants, i.e. their modes of adaptation, economic and social integration into host societies and the way they maintain relationships back home, across places and nations, i.e. translocal aspects of the...

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; MINERS AND TAXI DRIVERS IN BENIN; FARAWAY SO CLOSE; AFRICANS IN MOSCOW; CHAPTER TWO; THE INFLUENCE OF EMIGRANTS OF SERVILE ORIGIN ON SOCIAL RENEGOTIATION AND EMANCIPATION IN THE HAALPULAAR SOCIETY (MAURITANIA); FRONTIERS OF MOBILITY, LIMITS OF CITIZENSHIP; CHAPTER THREE; SAHARAN "BORDERLINE"- STRATEGIES; "I'M NERVES!"; MOBILITY AND THE GENDERED DYNAMICS OF MIGRATION; SOCIO-CULTURAL AND POLITICAL CHANGE IN A TRANSNATIONAL GROUP; LOCAL PERSPECTIVES ON TRANSNATIONAL RELATIONS OF CAMEROONIAN MIGRANTS; CONTRIBUTORS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

1-282-62428-8

9786612624285

1-4438-1885-2

OCLC:

816561737