Moving, slowing down, or watching others moving allows people to cross physical, symbolic, and temporal boundaries. Exploring the imaginative power of liminality that makes this possible, Liminal Moves looks at the (im)mobilities of three groups of people - street monkey performers in Japan, adolescents writing about migrants in Italy, and men accompanying their partners in Switzerland for work. The book explores how, for these 'travelers', the interplay of mobility and immobility creates a 'liminal hotspot': a condition of suspension and ambivalence as they find themselves caught between places, meanings and times.…mehr
Moving, slowing down, or watching others moving allows people to cross physical, symbolic, and temporal boundaries. Exploring the imaginative power of liminality that makes this possible, Liminal Moves looks at the (im)mobilities of three groups of people - street monkey performers in Japan, adolescents writing about migrants in Italy, and men accompanying their partners in Switzerland for work. The book explores how, for these 'travelers', the interplay of mobility and immobility creates a 'liminal hotspot': a condition of suspension and ambivalence as they find themselves caught between places, meanings and times.
Flavia Cangià is Senior Researcher at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) conducting research on work and mobility as part of NCCR LIVES and NCCR on-the-move. Her current research focuses on im/mobilities, work transitions, precarity, imagination and digitalization.
Inhaltsangabe
List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. (Im)Mobilities and Liminalities Chapter 2. The street as Liminal: Itinerant Monkey-training Performances in Japan Chapter 3. Writing as Liminal: Youths Talking about Migration in Italy Chapter 4. Waiting as Liminal: Male Accompanying Partners in Switzerland and Beyond Conclusion: Liminal Moves References Index
List of Figures Preface Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. (Im)Mobilities and Liminalities Chapter 2. The street as Liminal: Itinerant Monkey-training Performances in Japan Chapter 3. Writing as Liminal: Youths Talking about Migration in Italy Chapter 4. Waiting as Liminal: Male Accompanying Partners in Switzerland and Beyond Conclusion: Liminal Moves References Index
Es gelten unsere Allgemeinen Geschäftsbedingungen: www.buecher.de/agb
Impressum
www.buecher.de ist ein Shop der buecher.de GmbH & Co. KG Bürgermeister-Wegele-Str. 12, 86167 Augsburg Amtsgericht Augsburg HRA 13309