Moves - Spaces - Places : the Life Worlds of Jamaican Women in Montreal. An Ethnography /

Moves - Spaces - Places : the Life Worlds of Jamaican Women in Montreal. An Ethnography /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Johnson, Lisa, author.
Imprint:	Bielefeld : Transcript Verlag, [2021]
Description:	1 online resource (192 pages)
Language:	English
Series:	Kultur und soziale Praxis Kultur und soziale Praxis.
Subject:	Jamaicans -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal. Jamaicans. Québec -- Montréal. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13515739

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ISBN:	9783839458082 3839458080
Digital file characteristics:	text file PDF
Notes:	In English.
Summary:	In the complex and multi-layered process of migration and identity-building, classical migration theories and approaches of transnationalism seem no longer able to grasp how belonging and home are to be found in movement. This ethnography leads the reader into the lives of five Jamaican women in Montreal; their daily practices and experiences, their spaces of communion, their memories and projections for the future. Lisa Johnson sheds light on the mobile biographies and migratory agency of her interlocutors by following the intricate mental and physical trajectories of their deep-rooted yearning to return home.
Other form:	Print version: Johnson, Lisa. Moves - Spaces - Places. Bielefeld : transcript, ©2021 9783837658088
Standard no.:	10.1515/9783839458082

Table of Contents:

Frontmatter
Contents
Acknowledgments
Abstract
Entry and Framework
1 Introduction
2 Historical Overview
3 Research Questions and Outline
4 Methodology
5 Theoretical Concepts
Ethnography
6 The City: Localizing Perspectives
7 Womanhood: Female Spaces
8 Laws of Attraction: Bodily Practices
9 Grandma's Tale: Mind-Trips and Memories
10 Take Off: Mobile Perspectives
11 Frictions in Paradise: Facing Facts
12 Roots, Pathways and Trajectories: Processes of Oscillation
13 Conclusion
References