Trans-nationalism and the politics of belonging

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Title:

Trans-nationalism and the politics of belonging

Author:

Westwood, Sallie.

ISBN:

9780415189798

9780415189804

Personal Author:

Westwood, Sallie.

Publication Information:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2001.

Physical Description:

p. cm.

Contents:

1. Ruptures - decentred nations: transnationalism and the nation in Latin America -- 2. The politics of belonging - 'political love': popular culture and the national romance in Latin America -- 3. The politics of belonging - imagining America, remembering home: Latino/a cultures in urban America -- 4. Economic ethnoscapes - 'diamonds are forever': ethnicity, economy and the Indian diamond trade -- Making connections - transnationals, nation and migration -- 5. Ruptures - migration and globalisation: looking back and looking forward -- 6. The politics of belonging - sex work, domestic work: transnational household strategies -- 7. Economic ethnoscapes - men, women and business.

Subject Term:

Emigration and immigration.

Nationalism.

Ethnicity.

Added Author:

Phizacklea, Annie.

Copies:

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Summary

In this book, two leading authorities on migration and nationhood attempt to bridge the gap between experience and analysis, looking at:
* the disorientating effects of space and time which migration creates
* how migration affects our understanding of national affiliations and the nation state
* the impact of cross national economic relations on everyday life.
The authors examine the migration of both rich and poor, crossing borders and living increasingly diasporic lives, and show how even as people move across borders, they still seek to be at home in the world through the creation of a "politics of belonging".