Translocality : the study of globalising processes from a southern perspective

Translocality : the study of globalising processes from a southern perspective / edited by Ulrike Freitag and Achim von Oppen.

This volume discusses globalising processes from the perspective of the humanities and social sciences. It focuses on the a ~global southa (TM), notably the Middle East, Asia, and Africa. Densely researched case studies examine a variety of approaches for their potential to understand connecting pro...

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Other Authors: Freitag, Ulrike, Oppen, Achim von
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden [The Netherlands] ; Boston : Brill, 2010.
Series:Studies in global social history ; v. 4.
Subjects:
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Emigration & Immigration.
Emigration and immigration > Social aspects
Internationale Migration
Regionale Identität
Globalisierung
Sozialer Wandel
Africa > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Asia > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Middle East > Emigration and immigration > Social aspects.
Africa
Asia
Middle East
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Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; List of Maps; Note on Transliteration; Introduction: 'Translocality': An Approach to Connection and Transfer in Area Studies (Ulrike Freitag/Achim von Oppen); PART ONE: MARGINAL MOBILITIES; Wodaabe Women and the Outside World (Elisabeth Boesen); Chinese Women in the New Migration Process to Europe: Marginal or Main Actors? (Carine Pina-Guerassimoff); Proud Fighters, Blind Men: World War Experiences of Combatants from the Arab East (Katharina Lange); 'Following the Hills': Gold Mining Camps as Heterotopias (Katja Werthmann); PART TWO: SPACES ON THE MOVE.

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