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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810954403321

Autore

Rogaly Ben

Titolo

Stories from a migrant city : living and working together in the shadow of brexit / / Ben Rogaly

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, Michigan : , : Manchester University Press, , [2020]

©2020

ISBN

1-5261-3175-7

1-5261-3172-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 233 pages)

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Multiculturalism - Great Britain - History - 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (pages [208]-226) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction : non-elite cosmopolitanism in the Brexit era -- 'India's my heart, and I know I'm an Indian' : histories of mobility and fixity -- 'If not you, they can get ten different workers in your place' : racial capitalism and workplace resistance -- 'We're not just guardians of the area but of the whole city' : urban citizenship struggles and the racialised outsider -- 'And then we just let our creativity take over' : cultural production in a provincial city -- Conclusion : the immigration debate and common anger in dangerous times.

Sommario/riassunto

Taking a biographical approach, the book explores the causes and consequences of moving or staying put in the context of class inequality and racisms, and looks for commonalities between people often seen as irredeemably divided.