Migration, Space and Transnational Identities: The British in South Africa (Migration, Diasporas and Citizenship)

This Timely Text Explores The Lives, Histories And Identities Of White British-born Immigrants In South Africa, Twenty Years After The Post-apartheid Government Took Office. Drawing On Over Sixty In Depth Biographical Interviews And Ethnographic Work In Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg And Cape Town, Daniel Conway And Pauline Leonard Analyse How British Immigrants' Relate To, Participate In And Embody South Africa's Complex Racial And Political History. Through Their Everyday Lives, Political And Social Attitudes, Relationships With The Places And Spaces Of South Africa, As Well As Their Expectations Of The Future, The Complexities Of Their Transnational, Raced And Classed Identities And Senses Of Belonging Are Revealed. Migration, Space And Transnational Identities Makes An Important Contribution To Sociological, Geographical, Political And Anthropological Debates On Transnational Migration, Whiteness, Britishness And Lifestyle, Tourism And Labour Migration. 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. Daniel Conway And Pauline Leonard. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. 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. This timely text explores the lives, histories and identities of white British-born immigrants in South Africa, twenty years after the post-apartheid Government took office. Drawing on over sixty in depth biographical interviews and ethnographic work in Johannesburg, Pietermaritzburg and Cape Town, Daniel Conway and Pauline Leonard analyse how British immigrants' relate to, participate in and embody South Africa's complex racial and political history. Through their everyday lives, political and social attitudes, relationships with the places and spaces of South Africa, as well as their expectations of the future, the complexities of their transnational, raced and classed identities and senses of belonging are revealed. Migration, Space and Transnational Identities makes an important contribution to sociological, geographical, political and anthropological debates on transnational migration, whiteness, Britishness and lifestyle, tourism and labour migration Front Matter....Pages i-ix The British in South Africa: Continuity or Change?....Pages 1-29 The Historical, Political and Social Dynamics of British Migration to South Africa....Pages 30-49 Transnational and Translocal Identities: Settling in South Africa....Pages 50-77 Space and Place in South Africa....Pages 78-104 Landscapes of Belonging: Negotiating Britishness in South Africa....Pages 105-127 The Landscapes of Un/belonging in South Africa....Pages 128-151 Narratives of Continuity and Change: British Social and Political Attitudes in South Africa....Pages 152-176 The British in South Africa: Conclusion....Pages 177-188 Back Matter....Pages 189-210