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Lebanese in Motion: Gender and the Making of a Translocal Village (Culture and Social Practice)
Anja Peleikis
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Paperback. This study is based on the observation that unidirectional movements are becoming less and less characteristic of South Lebanese migration to West Africa. The new patterns of movement can be understood as elements of a translocal space. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 1HFD; JFC; JFSJ; JHMC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 292.
Globalisation and transnational migration have altered people's understanding of as well as their relationship to their »dwelling places« and »places of origin«. Taking the empirical case of the South Lebanese Shi'ite village of Zrariye and its migrant population in Abidjan/Côte d'Ivoire, the book shows how »place«, which has become a vital political, economic and social resource, continues to be of tremendous significance in the age of mobility and change. »Lebanese in Motion« explores how villagers »at home« and »abroad« are involved in producing a »translocal village-in-the-making«, which emanates as a social field through their practices and narratives. Travel and the ... Read more
Globalisation and transnational migration have altered people's understanding of as well as their relationship to their »dwelling places« and »places of origin«. Taking the empirical case of the South Lebanese Shi'ite village of Zrariye and its migrant population in Abidjan/Côte d'Ivoire, the book shows how »place«, which has become a vital political, economic and social resource, continues to be of tremendous significance in the age of mobility and change. »Lebanese in Motion« explores how villagers »at home« and »abroad« are involved in producing a »translocal village-in-the-making«, which emanates as a social field through their practices and narratives. Travel and the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Transcript-Verlag
Condition
New
Number of Pages
210
Place of Publication
, Germany
ISBN
9783933127457
SKU
V9783933127457
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Ref
99-2
About Anja Peleikis
Anja Peleikis is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology in Halle/Saale, Germany. Having worked on Lebanese transnational migration and mixed Christian/Muslim localities in the context of civil war and displacement, she has recently switched her regional focus from the Middle East to Eastern Europe, concentrating on questions of place, memory and legal pluralism in ... Read more
Reviews for Lebanese in Motion: Gender and the Making of a Translocal Village (Culture and Social Practice)
»Die Dissertation [...] stellt einen gelungenen Versuch dar, sich den theoretisch-methodischen Herausforderungen auf dem Gebiet der ›transnationalen‹ Forschung zu stellen und aus reichhaltigem empirischen Material ein spannendes Narrativ zu entwickeln.« Barbara Lüthi, H-Net, Clio-online, 11 (2006)