Translocality : the study of globalising processes from a southern perspective
Drawing on case studies mostly from Asia and Africa, this book reconsiders the increasing interconnectedness between world regions from a perspective of 'translocality'. It suggests a more comprehensive reading of processes often simplified as 'global', very recent, unidirectiona...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Boston : Brill,
2010
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Studies in global social history
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Studies in global social history |
| Schlagworte: | Emigration and immigration Africa ; Emigration and immigration ; Social aspects Asia ; Emigration and immigration ; Social aspects Emigration and immigration ; Social aspects Middle East ; Emigration and immigration ; Social aspects Electronic books |
| Umfang: | 1 online resource (472 pages) |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Acknowledgments; List of Contributors; List of Maps; Note on Transliteration; Introduction: 'Translocality': An Approach to Connection and Transfer in Area Studies (Ulrike Freitag/Achim von Oppen); PART ONE: MARGINAL MOBILITIES; Wodaabe Women and the Outside World (Elisabeth Boesen); Chinese Women in the New Migration Process to Europe: Marginal or Main Actors? (Carine Pina-Guerassimoff); Proud Fighters, Blind Men: World War Experiences of Combatants from the Arab East (Katharina Lange); 'Following the Hills': Gold Mining Camps as Heterotopias (Katja Werthmann); PART TWO: SPACES ON THE MOVE
- Mapping the Ocean: Visual Representations of the Indian Ocean in the Swahili Military Press during World War II (Katrin Bromber)Regional Attractions: World and Village in Kabylia (Algeria) (Judith Scheele); Translocal 'Kinship' Relations in Central African Politics of the 19th Century (Beatrix Heintze); PART THREE: LOCALITY AND BEYOND; Autochthony: Local or Global? (Peter Geschiere); Heritage and the Making of (Trans-)local Identities: A Case Study from the Curonian Spit (Lithuania) (Anja Peleikis)
- Shifting Globalities-Changing Headgear: The Indian Muslims between Turban, Hat and Fez (Margrit Pernau)Reclaiming the African City: The World and the Township (Terence Ranger); PART FOUR: ALTERNATE GLOBALITIES; 'Alternate' Globalities? On the Cultures and Formats of Transnational Muslim Networks from South Asia (Dietrich Reetz); Globalisation in the Making: Translocal Gendered Spaces in Muslim Societies (Gudrun Lachenmann); About 'Turks' and 'Germans': The Turkish Press in Germany and the Construction of Multiple Memberships (Christoph Schumann); Bibliography; Indices; Index of Personal Names
- Index of Place Names