Moves - Spaces - Places The Life Worlds of Jamaican Women in Montreal. An Ethnography

In the complex and multi-layered process of migration and identity-building, classical migration theories and approaches of transnationalism seem no longer able to grasp how belonging and home are to be found in movement. This ethnography leads the reader into the lives of five Jamaican women in Mon...

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Language:English
Published: Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021
Series:Kultur und soziale Praxis
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