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UNINA9910642295303321 |
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Autore |
Johnson Lisa <p>Lisa Johnson, Universität Trier, Deutschland </p> |
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Titolo |
Moves - Spaces - Places : The Life Worlds of Jamaican Women in Montreal. An Ethnography / Lisa Johnson |
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Bielefeld, : transcript Verlag, 2021 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (193 pages) |
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Collana |
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Kultur und soziale Praxis |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Migration |
Mobility |
Culture |
Jamaica |
Canada |
Gender |
Postcolonialism |
Ethnology |
Gender Studies |
America |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 Acknowledgments 9 Abstract 11 1 Introduction 15 2 Historical Overview 21 3 Research Questions and Outline 29 4 Methodology 37 5 Theoretical Concepts 43 6 The City: Localizing Perspectives 61 7 Womanhood: Female Spaces 69 8 Laws of Attraction: Bodily Practices 89 9 Grandma's Tale: Mind-Trips and Memories 107 10 Take Off: Mobile Perspectives 121 11 Frictions in Paradise: Facing Facts 127 12 Roots, Pathways and Trajectories: Processes of Oscillation 147 13 Conclusion 163 References 171 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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