Child migration in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Iman Hashim and Dorte Thorsen
| Child migration in Africa [[electronic resource] /] / Iman Hashim and Dorte Thorsen |
| Autore | Hashim Iman |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Zed Books |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (162 p.) |
| Disciplina | 304.8083096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ThorsenDorte |
| Collana | Africa now |
| Soggetto topico |
Unaccompanied immigrant children - Africa, West
Children - Africa, West - Social conditions |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78032-235-6
1-283-07095-2 9786613070951 1-84813-457-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
About the authors; Preface; 1 | Introduction: interrogating childhood and migration; Universalizing ideals of childhood; Childhood and its constituting concepts; The mobility-migration nexus in West Africa; Children's migration; Conclusion; 2 | Contexts of migration; Map 2.1 The research areas in West Africa; Communities generating child migrants; Histories of migration; Children's worlds and work; Children's worlds and learning; Conclusion: the importance of context; 3 | Choosing to move: the reasons for rural children's migration; Researching with children; Moving to find work
Moving and educationMoving to 'help'; Moving and family crisis; Children's migration and inter-generational conflict; Negotiated moves: the gendered nature of children's migratory trajectories; Conclusion; 4 | Journeys and arrivals: introductions to new social worlds; Social networks, kin and relatedness; Map 4.1 Amadou's travel route; Peer networks facilitating adolescents' migration; Getting in touch with established migrants; Children's and youth's journeys; The first journey; Safety mechanisms, trafficking and opportunistic journeys; Arriving in new spaces Conclusion: journeying as part of extensive migrant networks5 | Navigating migrant life: processes of constructing identities; Getting into migrant work at rural and urban destinations; Striving for autonomy; Mobility at the destination; Educational dreams and dilemmas; Navigating identities and social contexts as migrants; 6 | Moving on; Revisiting the universalized ideals; Evaluating children's choices; Strategies in moving and the multiplicity of possible transitions; Negotiating social statuses; Child migrants' tactical choices; Postscript; Notes; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3 Chapter 4Chapter 5; Bibliography; Index |
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Child migration in Africa / / Iman Hashim and Dorte Thorsen
| Child migration in Africa / / Iman Hashim and Dorte Thorsen |
| Autore | Hashim Iman |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; New York, : Zed Books |
| Descrizione fisica | 150 p |
| Disciplina | 305.23096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | ThorsenDorte |
| Collana | Africa now |
| Soggetto topico |
Unaccompanied immigrant children - Africa, West
Children - Africa, West - Social conditions |
| ISBN |
1-350-21899-5
1-78032-235-6 1-283-07095-2 9786613070951 1-84813-457-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | About the authors -- Preface -- 1 Introduction: interrogating childhood and migration -- 2 Contexts of migration -- 3 Choosing to move: the reasons for rural children's migration -- 4 Journeys and arrivals: introductions to new social worlds -- 5 Navigating migrant life: processes of constructing identities -- 6 Moving on -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Hope and uncertainty in contemporary African migration / / edited by Nauja Kleist and Dorte Thorsen
| Hope and uncertainty in contemporary African migration / / edited by Nauja Kleist and Dorte Thorsen |
| Autore | Kleist Nauja |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Taylor & Francis, 2017 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (199 pages) |
| Disciplina | 304.8096 |
| Altri autori (Persone) |
KleistNauja
ThorsenDorte |
| Collana | Routledge Studies in Anthropology |
| Soggetto topico |
African diaspora
Hope |
| Soggetto non controllato |
ghanaian
ghassan hage high migrant migrants risk senegalese societal west |
| ISBN |
1-315-65991-3
1-317-33548-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | 1. Introduction : studying hope and uncertainty in African migration / Nauja Kleist -- 2. How to extract hope from papers? Classificatory performances and social networking in Cape Verdean visa applications / Heike Drotbohm -- 3. Sticking to God : brokers of hope in Senegalese migration to Argentina / Ida Marie Vammen -- 4. Zouglou music and youth in urban Burkina Faso : displacement and the social performance of hope / Jesper Bjarnesen -- 5. The lack of liberty drove us there : spatialized instantiations of hope and contested diasporan identity in the Liberian-American transnational field (1810-2010) / Stephen C. Lubkemann -- 6. Prospective moments, eternal salvation : the production of hope in Nigerian Pentecostal churches in China / Heidi ØSTBØ Haugen -- 7. Hope and uncertainty in Senegalese migration to Spain : taking chances on emigration but not upon return / Maria Hernandez-Carretero -- 8. The migratory adventure as a moral experience / Sylvie Bredeloup -- 9. Death of a gin salesman : hope and despair among Ghanaian migrants and deportees stranded in Niger / Hans Lucht -- 10. Returning with nothing but an empty bag : topographies of social hope after deportation to Ghana / Nauja Kleist. |
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| Taylor & Francis, 2017 | ||
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