Cosmopolitan refugees : Somali migrant women in Nairobi and Johannesburg /
"Exploring the dynamics of identity formation processes in diasporic spaces, this book analyses how gender, cultural and religious practices are renegotiated in a situation of displacement. The author presents the comparative case study of Somali migrant women in Nairobi and Johannesburg: two c...
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Berghahn Books,
2023.
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| Series: | Forced migration ;
v. 46. |
| Online Access: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.5501143 |
| Summary: | "Exploring the dynamics of identity formation processes in diasporic spaces, this book analyses how gender, cultural and religious practices are renegotiated in a situation of displacement. The author presents the comparative case study of Somali migrant women in Nairobi and Johannesburg: two cosmopolitan urban hubs in the global South. The book is based on and includes ethnographic observations in Nairobi and Johannesburg, first-person accounts of migration journeys across the African continent and women's reflections on what it means to be a Somali woman today"-- |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 151 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1800738196 9781800738195 9781800738188 |