Anh Nga Longva

Walls Built On Sand

Migration, Exclusion, And Society In Kuwait

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Basing her analysis on extensive fieldwork and archival research, the author examines the social dimension of labor migration to Kuwait since independence in 1961, exploring how the presence of over one million foreign workers has influenced the way Kuwaitis organize their lives and perceive themselves.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 522g
• ISBN-13: 9780367313906
• ISBN-10: 0367313901
• Artikelnr.: 57732813

Autorenporträt

Anh Nga Longva is associate professor of social antropology at the University of Bergen, Norway.

Inhaltsangabe

1 Introduction
2 Kuwait Through History: A Tradition of Migration and Open Networks
3 The Politics of Exclusion
4 The Structure of Dominance: The Sponsorship System
5 Conceptualizing "Us" and "Them" Through Everyday Practice
6 Expatriate Life: Liminality and an "Ad Hoc" Way of Life
7 Gender Relations
Ethnicity
and the National Project
8 Pluralism and Integration
9 Postscript