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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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Ripero-Muñiz, Nereida (Auteur)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Langue:anglais
Publié: New York : Berghahn Books, 2023.
Collection:Forced migration ; v. 46.
Accès en ligne:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/jj.5501143
Table des matières:
  • Introduction. Cosmopolitan Refugees
  • The Port and the Island: Somalis in Nairobi and Johannesburg
  • The Dynamics of Identity and Placemaking: the Making of 'Little Mogadishus'
  • Global and Local Identifications in Dialogue: Expressions of Somaliness in Nairobi and Johannesburg
  • Negotiating Religious and Cultural Identifications in Diasporic Spaces
  • Somali Women of Nairobi and Johannesburg: Migration, Agency and Aspirations
  • Conclusion. Migrating in and out of Africa.