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Migrants of Identity - Perceptions of 'Home' in a World of Movement (Paperback)
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Migrants of Identity - Perceptions of 'Home' in a World of Movement (Paperback)
Series: Ethnicity and Identity
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Global movement is commonly characterized as one of the
quintessential experiences of our age. Market forces, territorial
conflicts and environmental changes uproot an increasing number of
people, while mass communication, travel, tourism, and a global
market of commodities, texts, tastes, fashions and ideologies place
individuals more than ever in a global arena. As traditional
conceptions of individuals as members of stationary, fixed and
separate societies and cultures no longer convince, to what extent
does movement become central to individuals' self-conceptions? How
do people cultivate, negotiate, nurture and maintain an identity?
To what extent do individuals become 'migrants of identity' whose
home is movement?Defining 'home' as 'where one best knows oneself',
this pioneering book explores the various ways in which people
perceive themselves to be 'at home' in today's world. Through a
series of case studies, authors show that for a world of
travellers, labour migrants, exiles and commuters, 'home' comes to
be found in behavioural routines and techniques, in styles of dress
and address, in memories, myths and stories, in jokes and opinions.
In short, people who live their lives in movement make sense of
their lives as movement.
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