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The Suffering of the Immigrant
Abdelmalek Sayad
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Description for The Suffering of the Immigrant
Hardback. This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the condition of the immigrant and it will transform the reader's understanding of the issues surrounding immigration. Sayad's book will be widely used in courses on race, ethnicity, immigration and identity in sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, politics and geography. Translator(s): Macey, David. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: JFFN; JFS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 648.
This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the condition of the immigrant and it will transform the reader’s understanding of the issues surrounding immigration. Sayad’s book will be widely used in courses on race, ethnicity, immigration and identity in sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, politics and geography.
This book is a major contribution to our understanding of the condition of the immigrant and it will transform the reader’s understanding of the issues surrounding immigration. Sayad’s book will be widely used in courses on race, ethnicity, immigration and identity in sociology, anthropology, cultural studies, politics and geography.
- an outstanding and original work on the experience of immigration and the kind of suffering involved in living in a society and culture which is not one’s own;
- describes how immigrants are compelled, out of respect for themselves and the group that allowed them to leave their ... Read more
- Abdelmalek Sayad, was an Algerian scholar and close associate of the French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu - after Sayad’s death, Bourdieu undertook to assemble these writings for publication;
- this book will transform the reader’s understanding of the issues surrounding immigration.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745626420
SKU
V9780745626420
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99-1
About Abdelmalek Sayad
Abdelmalek Sayad, 1933-1988, Algerian Sociologist and Director of Research at CNRS (National Centre for Sociological Research)
Reviews for The Suffering of the Immigrant
A brilliant excavation of the condition we usually describe as immigration. Sayad brings to light aspects of that condition typically camouflaged or neutralized by the language itself of most academic research on immigration. He juxtaposes to this language the apparent opacity of the language of immigrants’ lived experience and helps us see its transparence and what it communicates.’ – Saskia ... Read more