Cosmopolitan Refugees : Somali Migrant Women in Nairobi and Johannesburg / Nereida Ripero-Muñiz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ripero-Muñiz, Nereida, author.

Series:

Forced migration ; Volume 46.

Forced Migration Series ; Volume 46

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Identity (Psychology).

Sociology.

Somali diaspora.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (167 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, [2023]

Summary:

Exploring the dynamics of identity formation processes in diasporic spaces, this book analyses how gender, cultural and religious practices are renegotiated in a situation of displacement. The author presents the comparative case study of Somali migrant women in Nairobi and Johannesburg: two cosmopolitan urban hubs in the global South. The book is based on and includes ethnographic observations in Nairobi and Johannesburg, first-person accounts of migration journeys across the African continent and women’s reflections on what it means to be a Somali woman today.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction - Cosmopolitan Refugees

Chapter 1 - The Port and the Island: Somalis in Nairobi and Johannesburg

Chapter 2 - The Dynamics of Identity and Placemaking: The Making of 'Little Mogadishus'

Chapter 3 - Global and Local Identifications in Dialogue: Expressions of Somaliness in Nairobi and Johannesburg

Chapter 4 - Negotiating Religious and Cultural Identifications in Diasporic Spaces

Chapter 5 - Somali Women of Nairobi and Johannesburg: Migration, Agency and Aspirations

Conclusion - Migrating in and Out of Africa

References

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781800738195

1800738196

OCLC:

1340974325