Transnational Lives

Auteur

Anne-Meike Fechter is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sussex, UK.

Texte du rabat

This fascinating and in-depth study provides one of the first book length studies on 'transnationalism from above'. The author focuses on the lives of corporate expatriates in Indonesia and discusses findings that relate to expatriate communities worldwide, providing a nuanced analysis of current trends among a globally mobile workforce.

Contenu

Contents: Preface; Expatriates: who are they?; Transnational lives and their boundaries; Expatriate wives; Space, embodiment and the gaze; Boundaries of the body; Performing expatriate identities; Young expatriates, alternative lifestyles?; A peculiar tribe; References; Index.