| From Another Place: Migration and the Politics of Culture Contributor(s): Bottomley, Gillian (Author) |
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ISBN: 052112574X ISBN-13: 9780521125741 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $28.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration - Social Science | Demography |
| Dewey: 304.8 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6" W x 9" (0.64 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Never before have so many people ended up in a place different from where they began, something which made the twentieth century a century of migration. Culture is central to the process of migration, yet it is rarely examined in studies of the political economy of labour migration. Originally published in 1992, From Another Place explores definitions and understandings of the relations between migration and cultural processes, calling into question the interrelation between circumstance and cultural practice. It is an insightful attempt to move away from the limitations of dichotomous explanations of migration, using the findings of sociology, political economy and literature in the discussion of cultural beliefs and practices. The book is a fascinating, empirically grounded study, useful in its discussion of the dynamics of gender and class as well as those of ethnicity and culture. |
