Refugees And The Meaning Of Home: Cypriot Narratives Of Loss, Longing And Daily Life In London (migration, Diasporas And Citizenship)

This Book Explores The Meaning Of Home For Cypriot Refugees Living In London Since Their Island Was Torn Apart By War. Taking An Innovative Approach, It Looks At How Spaces, Time, Social Networks And Sensory Experiences Come Together As Home Is Constructed. It Places Refugee Narratives At Its Centre To Reveal The Agency Of Those Forced To Migrate. Contexts And Catalysts -- There's No Place Like Home : The Spatial Home -- Rhythms Of Life : The Temporal Home -- Senses Of Belonging : The Material Home -- Home Is Other People : The Relational Home -- The Constructed Cypriot Home : Concluding Remarks. Helen Taylor, Visiting Fellow, University Of East London, Uk. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 172-182) And Index. The migrant is often thought of as a non-westerner in search for a better future in Europe or the United States. From a multi-sited ethnography with Swedish migrant women in the US, Singapore and Spain, this book explores the intersections of racial and class privilege and gender vulnerabilities in contemporary feminized migration from or within 'the West'. Through an analysis of 'white migration', Catrin Lundström develops theoretical tools to understand the dynamics that shape the women's lives as wealthy housewives, expatriate wives and lifestyle migrants. By shifting the gaze towards privileged migrants, Lundström illustrates how race shapes contemporary transnational migration and how white privilege is reproduced through family formation, expatriate geographies or 'international communities' in response to the shifting boundaries of whiteness in different national and regional settings. Looking at how whiteness migrates through a transnational lens the book fills a gap in literature on race and migration, presenting some of the complexities of the current global power relations and the contextual variations that surround these 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 "Cover "--"Title "--"Copyright " -- "Dedication " -- "Contents " -- "List of Figures " -- "Preface: Crossings " -- "Acknowledgements " -- "1 Contexts and Catalysts " -- "2 Thereâ#x80;#x99;s No Place Like Home â#x80;#x93; The Spatial Home " -- "3 Rhythms of Life â#x80;#x93; The Temporal Home " -- "4 Senses of Belonging â#x80;#x93; The Material Home " -- "5 Home Is Other People â#x80;#x93; The Relational Home " -- "6 The Constructed Cypriot Home â#x80;#x93; Concluding Remarks " -- "Appendix: Research Participants " -- "Notes " -- "References " Front Matter....Pages i-xiv Contexts and Catalysts....Pages 1-20 There’s No Place Like Home — The Spatial Home....Pages 21-53 Rhythms of Life — The Temporal Home....Pages 54-87 Senses of Belonging — The Material Home....Pages 88-117 Home Is Other People — The Relational Home....Pages 118-151 The Constructed Cypriot Home — Concluding Remarks....Pages 152-161 Back Matter....Pages 162-188 Globalization, the economic crisis and related policies of austerity have led to a growth in extreme exploitation at work, with migrants particularly vulnerable. This book explores the lives of the growing numbers of severely exploited labourers in the world today, questioning how we can respond to such globalized patterns of extreme inequality. Throughout the world, governments and intergovernmental organizations, such as the International Organization for Migration are developing new approaches aimed at renewing migration policy-making. This book critically analyses the actors, discourses and practices of migration management Explores the intersections of racial and class privilege and gender vulnerabilities in migration from or with 'the west' through Swedish migrant women in the US, Singapore, and Spain. Examines how whiteness migrates through different national settings