TY  - BOOK
AU  - Johnson,Lisa
TI  - Moves - Spaces - Places: The Life Worlds of Jamaican Women in Montreal. An Ethnography 
T2  - Kultur und soziale Praxis
SN  - 9783839458082
AV  - F1054.5.M89 J64 2021
U1  - 971.42800496/97292 23
PY  - 2021///]
CY  - Bielefeld
PB  - transcript Verlag
KW  - Jamaicans
KW  - Qu�ebec (Province)
KW  - Montr�eal
KW  - America
KW  - Canada
KW  - Culture
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Gender Studies
KW  - Gender
KW  - Jamaica
KW  - Mobility
KW  - Postcolonialism
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgments --; Abstract --; Entry and Framework --; 1 Introduction --; 2 Historical Overview --; 3 Research Questions and Outline --; 4 Methodology --; 5 Theoretical Concepts --; Ethnography --; 6 The City: Localizing Perspectives --; 7 Womanhood: Female Spaces --; 8 Laws of Attraction: Bodily Practices --; 9 Grandma's Tale: Mind-Trips and Memories --; 10 Take Off: Mobile Perspectives --; 11 Frictions in Paradise: Facing Facts --; 12 Roots, Pathways and Trajectories: Processes of Oscillation --; 13 Conclusion --; References
N2  - 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 Montreal; their daily practices and experiences, their spaces of communion, their memories and projections for the future. Lisa Johnson sheds light on the mobile biographies and migratory agency of her interlocutors by following the intricate mental and physical trajectories of their deep-rooted yearning to return home
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