Robertson Temporality in Mobile Lives

Contemporary Asia–Australia Migration and Everyday Time
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-5292-1154-2
Verlag: Bristol University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 224 Seiten

Reihe: Global Migration and Social Change

Shanthi Robertson provides fresh perspectives on 21st-century migratory experiences in this innovative study of young Asian migrants’ lives in Australia.

Exploring the aspirations and realities of transnational mobility, the book shows how migration has reshaped lived experiences of time for middle-class young people moving between Asia and the West for work, study and lifestyle opportunities. Through a new conceptual framework of ‘chronomobilities,’ which looks at 'time-regimes' and 'time-logics', Robertson demonstrates how migratory pathways have become far more complex than leaving one country for another, and can profoundly affect the temporalities of everyday life, from career pathways to intimate relationships.

Drawing on extensive ethnographic material, Robertson deepens our understanding of the multifaceted relationship between migration and time.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Robertson, Shanthi

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde Minderheiten, Interkulturelle & Multikulturelle Fragen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Demographie, Demoskopie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction

Chronomobilities: 21st-Century Migration and Lived Time

Asian Migrants of the Middle in Local and Global Context

Times of Work: Transified Workers and Contingent Careers

Times in Place: Moving, Dwelling, Belonging

Times of the Heart: Reconfiguring Intimacy

Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Robertson, Shanthi
Shanthi Robertson is Associate Professor at the School of Humanities and Communication Arts and Institute and Research Fellow at the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University.

Shanthi Robertson is Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts and Research Fellow in the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University.