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Adeptly navigating one of the most pressing issues on the current
global agenda, this topical Research Handbook provides a
comprehensive and research-based exploration of the sociology of
migration. As well as highlighting the field’s achievements and
current challenges, it explores key concepts used in current
research, methods employed, and the spheres and contexts in which
migrants participate. Presenting an open and pluralistic approach
to international migration, this Research Handbook offers a wealth
of conceptual analysis, featuring insightful contributions from
over 40 leading scholars. Split into three thematic sections, it
expertly examines a wide range of theoretical terms, research
methods and techniques, and provides an in-depth analysis of the
significant work that has been carried out to date in relation to
migration. It ultimately sheds light on important discussions
surrounding the origins of the sociology of migration, considering
not only past events, but also future directions of research for
this ever-evolving field of study. Offering a unique and
forward-thinking perspective, this authoritative Handbook will
serve as a fundamental reference for students, scholars, and
practitioners in the fields of sociology and social policy,
development studies, and political science, as well as in the wider
social sciences.
Across the Western world, the air is filled with talk of
immigration. The changes brought by immigration have triggered a
renewed fervor for isolationism able to shutter political
traditions and party systems. So often absent from these
conversations on migration are however the actual stories and
experiences of the migrants themselves. In fact, migration does not
simply transport people. It also changes them deeply. Enter Martina
Cvajner's Soviet Signoras, a far-reaching ethnographic study of two
decades in the lives of women who migrated to northern Italy from
several former Soviet republics. Cvajner details the personal and
collective changes brought about by the experience of migration for
these women: from the first hours arriving in a new country with no
friends, relatives, or existing support networks, to later remaking
themselves for their new environment. In response to their
traumatic displacement, the women of Soviet Signoras--nearly all of
whom found work in their new Western homes as elder care
givers--refashioned themselves in highly sexualized, materialistic,
and intentionally conspicuous ways. Cvajner's focus on overt
sexuality and materialism is far from sensationalist, though. By
zeroing in on these elements of personal identity, she reveals
previously unexplored sides of the social psychology of migration,
coloring our contemporary discussion with complex shades of
humanity.
Across the Western world, the air is filled with talk of
immigration. The changes brought by immigration have triggered a
renewed fervor for isolationism able to shutter political
traditions and party systems. So often absent from these
conversations on migration are however the actual stories and
experiences of the migrants themselves. In fact, migration does not
simply transport people. It also changes them deeply. Enter Martina
Cvajner's Soviet Signoras, a far-reaching ethnographic study of two
decades in the lives of women who migrated to northern Italy from
several former Soviet republics. Cvajner details the personal and
collective changes brought about by the experience of migration for
these women: from the first hours arriving in a new country with no
friends, relatives, or existing support networks, to later remaking
themselves for their new environment. In response to their
traumatic displacement, the women of Soviet Signoras--nearly all of
whom found work in their new Western homes as elder care
givers--refashioned themselves in highly sexualized, materialistic,
and intentionally conspicuous ways. Cvajner's focus on overt
sexuality and materialism is far from sensationalist, though. By
zeroing in on these elements of personal identity, she reveals
previously unexplored sides of the social psychology of migration,
coloring our contemporary discussion with complex shades of
humanity.
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