Studies in Migration and Diaspora
About the Book Series
Series now in its 20th year
Studies in Migration and Diaspora is a series designed to showcase the interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary nature of research in this important field. Volumes in the series cover local, national and global issues and engage with both historical and contemporary events. The books will appeal to scholars, students and all those engaged in the study of migration and diaspora. Amongst the topics covered are minority ethnic relations, transnational movements and the cultural, social and political implications of moving from 'over there', to 'over here'.
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Brokering High-Risk Migration and Illegality in West Africa: Abroad at any cost
1st Edition
By Maybritt Jill Alpes
February 04, 2019
Do young West Africans want to go abroad at any cost because they receive too little or erroneous information? Why do they and their families risk large sums of money with migration brokers? How do the risks of illegality and deportation change migration aspirations in West Africa? This book places...
The Politics of Integration: Law, Race and Literature in Post-War Britain and France
1st Edition
By Chloe Gill-Khan
February 04, 2019
After almost seven decades, Britain and France, nations with divergent political cultures and heirs to contrasting philosophies of 'integration', have proclaimed the failure to integrate their post-war ethnic minorities: at this present time, the ‘Muslim’. The ‘argument’ of this book, therefore, is...
Belonging and Transnational Refugee Settlement: Unsettling the Everyday and the Extraordinary
1st Edition
By Jay Marlowe
January 17, 2019
The image we have of refugees is one of displacement – from their homes, families and countries – and yet, refugee settlement is increasingly becoming an experience of living simultaneously in places both proximate and distant, as people navigate and transcend international borders in ...
International Marriages and Marital Citizenship: Southeast Asian Women on the Move
1st Edition
Edited
By Asuncion Fresnoza-Flot, Gwénola Ricordeau
January 17, 2019
While marriage has lost its popularity in many developed countries and is no longer an obligatory path to family formation, it has gained momentum among binational couples as states reinforce their control over human migration. Focusing on the case of Southeast Asian women who have been epitomized ...
Islam, Race, and Pluralism in the Pakistani Diaspora
1st Edition
By Craig Considine
January 17, 2019
This book explores the Pakistani diaspora in a transatlantic context, enquiring into the ways in which young first- and second-generation Pakistani Muslim and non-Muslim men resist hegemonic identity narratives and respond to their marginalised conditions. Drawing on rich documentary, ethnographic...
From the Arab Other to the Israeli Self: Palestinian Culture in the Making of Israeli National Identity
1st Edition
By Yonatan Mendel, Ronald Ranta
August 14, 2018
This book examines the role played by Arab-Palestinian culture and people in the construction and reproduction of Israeli national identity and culture, showing that it is impossible to understand modern Israeli national identity and culture without taking into account its crucial encounter and ...
Racialised Gang Rape and the Reinforcement of Dominant Order: Discourses of Gender, Race and Nation
1st Edition
By Kiran Kaur Grewal
August 14, 2018
This path-breaking book provides a comparative analysis of public discourses in France and Australia on a series of highly mediatised racialised gang rapes that occurred during the early to mid-2000s. These rapes led to intense public debate in both countries regarding an apparent ‘gang rape ...
Secularism and Identity: Non-Islamiosity in the Iranian Diaspora
1st Edition
By Reza Gholami
April 25, 2018
Within western political, media and academic discourses, Muslim communities are predominantly seen through the prism of their Islamic religiosities, yet there exist within diasporic communities unique and complex secularisms. Drawing on detailed interview and ethnographic material gathered in the ...
Language, Labour and Migration
1st Edition
Edited
By Anne J. Kershen
May 16, 2017
Language, Labour and Migration explores two fundamental aspects of the migrant experience through a multi-disciplinary lens which combines the research of leading academics at the cutting edge of their fields. This latest volume from the centre for the Study of Migration brings together the work ...
Gendering Migration: Masculinity, Femininity and Ethnicity in Post-War Britain
1st Edition
Edited
By Louise Ryan, Wendy Webster
November 28, 2016
Gendering Migration demonstrates the significance of studying migration through the lens of gender and ethnicity and the contribution this perspective makes to migration histories. Through a consideration of the impact of migration on men and masculine identities as well as women and feminine ...
Masculinity, Sexuality and Illegal Migration: Human Smuggling from Pakistan to Europe
1st Edition
By Ali Nobil Ahmad
November 22, 2016
Masculinity, Sexuality and Illegal Migration makes use of extensive new empirical material to explore the phenomena of migration, human smuggling and illegal work, in order to develop a compelling account of international migration, linking it with irrational, risky economic behaviour and male ...
Writing Diaspora: South Asian Women, Culture and Ethnicity
1st Edition
By Yasmin Hussain
November 17, 2016
Issues of cultural hybridity, diaspora and identity are central to debates on ethnicity and race and, over the past decade, have framed many theoretical debates in sociology, cultural studies and literary studies. However, these ideas are all too often considered at a purely theoretical level. In...