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Wieczorek Anna Xymena <1985-> |
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Titolo |
Migration and (im)mobility : biographical experiences of Polish migrants in Germany and Canada / / Anna Xymena Wieczorek |
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Bielefeld, Germany : , : Transcript, , [2018] |
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©2018 |
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[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (320 pages) : illustrations |
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Collana |
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Kultur und soziale Praxis |
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Soggetti |
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Foreign workers, Polish - Social conditions - Germany |
Foreign workers, Polish - Social conditions - Canada |
Polish people - Social conditions - Gerrmany |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Frontmatter 1 Contents 5 List of Tables, Figures, and Abbreviations 9 Acknowledgements 11 Introduction: How We Think of Migration and Mobility 13 1 From "Classical" and "New" Approaches in Migration Studies to the "Mobilities Perspective" on Migration 27 2 (Im)Mobile Individuals: Studying Their Biographies 67 Excursus on the Country of Origin: Poland 89 3 Immobility: The Immobile Pattern of Mobility 101 4 Transmobility: The Transnational Pattern of Mobility 145 5 Cosmobility: The Cosmopolitan Pattern of Mobility 219 6 Revisiting Migration through the Patterns of (Im)Mobility 261 Conclusion: How to Rethink Migration and Mobility 293 References 297 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In her endeavour to overcome the established methodological, conceptual, and empirical dualism of mobility and migration, Anna Xymena Wieczorek develops a "mobilities perspective" by combining migration studies theories with approaches of the mobility studies. With the help of rich empirical data gathered among young adults of Polish heritage in Germany and Canada, Wieczorek conceptualizes three patterns of (im)mobility which illustrate the diversity of immigrants' geographical movements after their initial migration. She thus reveals the different social configurations promoting or hindering |
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