Migration, Space and Transnational Identities

The British in South Africa
2014. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-0-230-34657-4
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 219 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 3845 g

Reihe: Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship

Twenty years after the post-apartheid Government took office, this timely text interrogates the extent to which the attitudes, identities and everyday lives of British people have changed in accordance with the 'new' South Africa. New ethnographic research is drawn upon to explore important questions of mobility, locality and identity.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Conway, D.

Leonard, P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft | Kulturwissenschaften Kulturwissenschaften
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Geowissenschaften Geographie | Raumplanung Humangeographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The British in South Africa: Continuity or Change? 2. The Historical, Political and Social Dynamics of British Migration to South Africa 3.Transnational and Translocal Identities: Settling in South Africa 4. Space and Place in South Africa 5. Landscapes of Belonging: Negotiating Britishness in South Africa 6. The Landscapes of Un/belonging in South Africa 7. Narratives of Continuity and Change: British Social and Political Attitudes in South Africa 8. The British in South Africa: Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Pauline Leonard is Professor of Sociology at the University of Southhampton, UK.
Daniel Conway is Senior Lecturer at the University of Westminster, UK.