Asian Migrations
Sojourning, Displacement, Homecoming and Other Travels
Singapore University Press
Published on 30. September 2005
Book
Paperback/Softback
280 pages
978-981-05-3914-6 (ISBN)
Description
The migration of people within and beyond Asia no longer takes the form of permanent ruptures, uprooting and resettlement. Today, such movement is more likely to be transient and complex, ridden with disruptions and detours, and based on translocal interconnections between places and multiple chains of movement. Written from various disciplinary perspectives, this collection of essays explores the migration experiences of a wide spectrum of people, from professional and managerial elites to contract workers and refugees. In addressing the nature of these Asian migrations, the authors demonstrate how mobility in today's world has transformed notions of citizenship and identity, and of displacement and home.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Publishing group
NUS Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
maps
Dimensions
Height: 208 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
313 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-05-3914-6 (9789810539146)
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