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Moves - Spaces - Places: The Life Worlds of Jamaican Women in Montreal; An Ethnography
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Abstract In the complex and multi-layered process of migration and identity-building, classical migration theories and approaches of transnationalism seem no longer able to grasp how belonging and home are to be found in movement. This ethnography leads the reader into the lives of five Jamaican women in Mon... view more
In the complex and multi-layered process of migration and identity-building, classical migration theories and approaches of transnationalism seem no longer able to grasp how belonging and home are to be found in movement. This ethnography leads the reader into the lives of five Jamaican women in Montreal; their daily practices and experiences, their spaces of communion, their memories and projections for the future. The author sheds light on the mobile biographies and migratory agency of her interlocutors by following the intricate mental and physical trajectories of their deep-rooted yearning to return home.... view less
Keywords
Jamaica; migration; woman; Canada; ethnography; identity; lebenswelt; labor migration; remigration; mobility; gender-specific factors; post-colonialism
Classification
Migration, Sociology of Migration
Ethnology, Cultural Anthropology, Ethnosociology
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Publisher
transcript Verlag
City
Bielefeld
Page/Pages
190 p.
Series
Culture and Social Practice
DOI
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839458082
ISSN
2703-0032
ISBN
978-3-8394-5808-2
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0