Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of contents iii
3. List of figures v
4. Abbreviations and acronyms vi
5. Acknowledgements vii
6. Foreword viii
7. 1. Violent categorisation, relative privilege and migrant experiences in a postapartheid city 1
8. 2. Transcending social categories: Reflections on research concerning migrant lives, lived experiences and life stories 19
9. 3. From the mainland and from the colony: Essay on the life narrative of a Portuguese migrant in Bloemfontein 33
10. 4. Becoming white: The story of being assimilated into the white habitus of Bloemfontein 64
11. 5. Extremism, essentialism and identity: The life story of Muhammad Elvis Ngum 88
12. 6. The shifting social relations and national identity practices of a Peruvian migrant in South Africa’s heartland 110
13. 7. ‘Do you miss kimchi?’: A collaborative arts-based narrative of education and migration 132
14. 8. Written writing: An account of the emergence of an(other) academic author 151
15. 9. Transitioning capitals in international student mobility 173
16. 10. Migration change processes of a migrant couple: A social morphogenetic approach 196
17. 11. The migrant as architect of his own comfort 217
18. About the contributors 238
19. Index 242