Migrant Belongings

Zusatztext 'A unique and significant contribution to the debates on ethnicity! diaspora and identity.'Ethnic and Racial Studies 'Anne-Marie Fortier's book constitutes a well-done qualitative ethnography and analytical piece of anthropological study on a specific issue: the relation between the formation of religious identity! the construction of social space! and medium and short term memory.'International Migration Review Informationen zum Autor Anne-Marie Fortier Lecturer in Sociology!University of Lancaster Klappentext This book traces the formation of Italian migrant belongings in Britain, and scrutinizes the identity narratives through which they are stabilized. Zusammenfassung This book traces the formation of Italian migrant belongings in Britain, and scrutinizes the identity narratives through which they are stabilized. Inhaltsverzeichnis Tables, map and plates, Acknowledgements, Introduction: Performative Belongings, Part I: Histories and Identity Politics, Part II: Spaces, Memories, and Displays of Identity, Conclusion: Memory, Location and the Body Motions of Duration, Appendices, Bibliography, Index

'A unique and significant contribution to the debates on ethnicity, diaspora and identity.'Ethnic and Racial Studies 'Anne-Marie Fortier's book constitutes a well-done qualitative ethnography and analytical piece of anthropological study on a specific issue: the relation between the formation of religious identity, the construction of social space, and medium and short term memory.'International Migration Review

Auteur

Anne-Marie Fortier Lecturer in Sociology,University of Lancaster

Texte du rabat

This book traces the formation of Italian migrant belongings in Britain, and scrutinizes the identity narratives through which they are stabilized.

Contenu

Tables, map and plates, Acknowledgements, Introduction: Performative Belongings, Part I: Histories and Identity Politics, Part II: Spaces, Memories, and Displays of Identity, Conclusion: Memory, Location and the Body Motions of Duration, Appendices, Bibliography, Index