Moves - Spaces - Places

The Life Worlds of Jamaican Women in Montreal. An Ethnography
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-3-8376-5808-8
Verlag: transcript

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 225 mm, Gewicht: 306 g

Reihe: Kultur und soziale Praxis

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 home are to be found in movement. This ethnography leads the reader into the lives of five Jamaican women in Montreal; their daily practices and experiences, their spaces of communion, their memories and projections for the future. Lisa Johnson sheds light on the mobile biographies and migratory agency of her interlocutors by following the intricate mental and physical trajectories of their deep-rooted yearning to return home.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Johnson, Lisa

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Sozialethnologie: Familie, Gender, Soziale Gruppen
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie

Über Autor(innen)

Lisa Johnson, born in 1988, is a postdoc researcher at the Institute of Ethnology at the University of Trier and a lecturer for Cultural Studies at Saarland University. She completed her doctorate in the field of cultural anthropology in 2020 as a member of the DFG-funded International Research Training Group 'Diversity: Mediating Difference in Transcultural Spaces' at Trier University. Her research focuses on mobility and migration, border studies and transculturality, culture, music and sound, in Jamaica and North America.