Moves - Spaces - Places

The Life Worlds of Jamaican Women in Montreal. An Ethnography

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Johnson, Lisa
Language
English
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Abstract
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.
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https://doab-dev.siscern.org/handle/20.500.12854/176437
Keywords
Migration; Mobility; Culture; Jamaica; Canada; Gender; Postcolonialism; Ethnology; Gender Studies; America; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JH Sociology and anthropology::JHM Anthropology::JHMC Social and cultural anthropology; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFH Migration, immigration and emigration; thema EDItEUR::5 Interest qualifiers::5P Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests::5PB Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people::5PBC Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBS Social groups, communities and identities::JBSF Gender studies, gender groups
DOI
10.14361/9783839458082
ISBN
9783839458082, 9783837658088
Publisher
transcript Verlag
Publisher website
http://www.transcript-verlag.de
Publication date and place
Bielefeld, 2021
Imprint
transcript Verlag
Series
Kultur und soziale Praxis,
Pages
192