Migration, work and home-making in the city : dwelling and belonging among Vietnamese communities in London
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Bibliographic Information
Migration, work and home-making in the city : dwelling and belonging among Vietnamese communities in London
(Studies in migration and diaspora)
Routledge, 2019
- : hbk
Available at 4 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [160]-172) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This book explores the relationships between home, work and migration among Vietnamese people in East London, demonstrating the diversity of home-making practices and forms of belonging in relation to the dwelling, workplace and wider city. Engaging with wider scholarship on transnationalism, urban mobilities and the geopolitical dimensions of home among migrants and diasporic communities, the author draws on ethnographic work to examine the experiences of people who migrated from Vietnam to London at different times and in diverse circumstances, including individuals who arrived as refugees in the 1970s, as well as those who have migrated for work or education in recent years. Migration, Work and Home-Making in the City thus sheds new light on the social, material and spiritual practices through which people create senses of home that connect them with their country of origin, and reveals how home-making is constrained by immigration policies, insecure housing and precarious work, thus highlighting the barriers to belonging in the city.
Table of Contents
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Conceptualising Home, Work and Migration in Urban Contexts
2. Locating East London's Vietnamese Communities
3. Routes, Journeys and Encounters: Experiences of Departure and Arrival
4. Home, Work and the City: Between Vietnam and East London
5. Material, Emotional and Spiritual Homes
6. Future Homes, Mobilities and (Im)possibilities of Belonging
7. Conclusion: Where is Home in the Super-diverse City?
Participant Biographies
Bibliography
Index
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