This book offers an ethnographic account of migration and life in diaspora of migrants originating from the former Yugoslavia, both before the war and as a result of it, now living in Britain. It examines factors that shape migrants' experiences of migration itself and explores migrants' ongoing connection with the homeland, considering social and cultural elements, their reception in UK, and British media representations of Yugoslavia.
This book offers an ethnographic account of migration and life in diaspora of migrants originating from the former Yugoslavia, both before the war and as a result of it, now living in Britain. It examines factors that shape migrants' experiences of migration itself and explores migrants' ongoing connection with the homeland, considering social and cultural elements, their reception in UK, and British media representations of Yugoslavia.
Gayle Munro has worked in the area of social research for over fifteen years for institutions both within the UK and internationally. She currently manages the research team at a London-based international charity where she conducts research with vulnerable and marginalised groups and on social exclusion.
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Introduction 1. Contexts of departure 2. Contexts of arrival and reception 3. The lexicon of the migration experience 4. Intangible transnationalisms: the allegory of dreams 5. Cultural banks and beacons Conclusion
Introduction 1. Contexts of departure 2. Contexts of arrival and reception 3. The lexicon of the migration experience 4. Intangible transnationalisms: the allegory of dreams 5. Cultural banks and beacons Conclusion
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