Migration, immigration & emigration

Bread, Cement, Cactus: A Memoir of Belonging and Dislocation

by Zaidi, Annie

fromSocial Sciences

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In this prize-winning exploration of the meaning of home, Annie Zaidi reflects on the cultural conflicts in India that have shaped her identity. Zaidi provides a nuanced perspective on land and regional affinity, migration and otherisation, and the ways in which memory works to …

Sustainable Development Goals Connectivity Dilemma

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Large-scale migration from rural to urban areas, and between countries, affects sustainable development at local, national, and regional levels. To strengthen urban and rural resilience to global challenges, Sustainable Development Goals Connectivity Dilemma: Land and Geospatial…

Chagos Islanders in Mauritius and the UK: Forced displacement and onward migration

by Jeffery, Laura

fromNew ethnographies

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The Chagos islanders were forcibly uprooted from the Chagos Archipelago in the Indian Ocean between 1965 and 1973. This is the first book to compare the experiences of displaced Chagos islanders in Mauritius with the experiences of those Chagossians who have moved to the U.K. si…

Ritwik Ghatak and the cinema of praxis: culture, aesthetics and vision

by Vahali, Diamond Oberoi

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In a significant departure from other works on Ritwik Ghatak, this book establishes him as an auteur and a maestro on par with some of the great film directors, like Sergei Eisenstein, Satyajit Ray, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Kenji Mizoguchi and Luis Bunuel. Based on in-d…

Identity strategies of stateless ethnic minority groups in contemporary Poland

by Michna, Ewa, Wamińska, Katarzyna

fromMigration, minorities and modernity

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This book provides a unique description of the identity strategies of stateless ethnic minorities in Poland. It describes and analyses the identity politics carried out by these groups, aimed at obtaining recognition of a separate status from the Polish state (a dominant group) …

Migration crises in 21st century Africa: patterns, processes and projections

by Adeniran, Adebusuyi Isaac

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Migration Crises in 21st Century Africa explores the ever-expanding crises of migrations from various regions of Africa to other parts of the world; notably the pattern that utilizes the pre-existing trans-Saharan trade route via North Africa and the Mediterranean to Europe's so…

Citizenship and belonging in France and North America: multicultural perspectives on political, cultural…

by Mielusel, Ramona, Pruteanu, Simona Emilia

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The first decades of the new millennium have been marked by major political changes. Although The West has wished to revisit internal and international politics concerning migration policies, refugee status, integration, secularism, and the dismantling of communitarianism, event…

Food across cultures: linguistic insights in transcultural tastes

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"This edited volume brings together original sociolinguistic and cultural contributions on food as an instrument to explore diasporic identities. Focusing on food practices in cross-cultural contact, the authors reveal how they can be used as a powerful vehicle for positive inte…

As German as Kafka

by Rock, Lene

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Since the turn of the 21st century, countless literary endeavors by 'new Germans' have entered the spotlight of academic research. Yet 'minority writing', with its distinctive renegotiation of traditional concepts of cultural identity, is far from a recent phenomenon in German l…

The Integration of the Second Generation in Germany: Results of the TIES Survey on the Descendants of Turkish…

by Wilmes, Maren

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This report on the German results of the Integration of the Second Generation in Europe (TIES) survey looks at the integration process for second generation inhabitants of Turkish and Yugoslavian backgrounds living in Berlin and Frankfurt. Examining the TIES results, Inken Sürig…