The Migration Process
Capital, Gifts and Offerings among British Pakistanis
1st Edition
Published on 1. September 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
412 pages
978-1-85973-664-7 (ISBN)
Description
This study, which breaks new ground in urban research, is a comprehensive and definitive account of one of the many communities of South Asians to emerge throughout the Western industrial world since the Second World War - the British Pakistanis in Manchester. This book examines the cultural dimensions of immigrant entrepreneurship and the formation of an ethnic enclave community, and explores the structure and theory of urban ritual and its place within the immigrant gift economy.
Reviews / Votes
'A major contribution to the literature on ethnic minorities in Britain.'MAN'...a wealth of data...and clarity of analysis...this book is a must. It is also important reading for those interested in the social organization and rituals of South Asian Islamic communitites.'Anthropos'Werbner's study makes a valuable and readable contribution to the comparative literature on gift-economies in 'capitalist commoditised' societies. Recommended for all serious collections in anthropology and sociology.'Choice'...one of the most exhaustive studies to date of a South Asian diaspora in Britain...'American Anthropologist'...a fascinating insight into an ethnic minority culture of Muslim origin.'Islam and Christian-Muslim RelationsMore details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85973-664-7 (9781859736647)
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Person
Pnina Werbner Senior Lecturer,Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Keele
Content
Introduction Part I: Capital Accumulation 1. Chains of Migrants: Culture, Value and the Housing Market 2. Chains of Entrepreneurs: The Production of an Enterprise Culture Part II: The Gift Economy: Women, Gifts and Offerings 3. Marriage, Exchange and the Reproduction of Inequality 4. Circles of Trust: Women and the Control of Ceremonial Exchange 5. Giving to God: The 'Naturalisation' of Ritual 6. Circles of Trust: Multiple Domains of Exchange 7. Circles of Trust: From Commodities to Gifts Part III: Conspicuous Giving and Public Generosity 8. Hierarchical Gift Economies 9. Wedding Rituals and the Symbolic Exchange of Substance 10. The Organisation of Giving and Immigrant Elites