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Migrants, Thinkers, Storytellers

Negotiating Meaning and Making Life in Bloemfontein, South Africa
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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2021

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Involving immigrants as well as scholars and based on narrative life-story research, contributes important theoretical insights into the nature of social identification during the migration experience.

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    Frontmatter

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    Table of contents

    iii
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    List of figures

    v
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    Abbreviations and acronyms

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    Acknowledgements

    vii
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    Foreword

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    1. Violent categorisation, relative privilege and migrant experiences in a postapartheid city

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    Jonatan Kurzwelly and Luis Escobedo
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    2. Transcending social categories: Reflections on research concerning migrant lives, lived experiences and life stories

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    Luis Escobedo, Jonatan Kurzwelly and Komlan Agbedahin
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    3. From the mainland and from the colony: Essay on the life narrative of a Portuguese migrant in Bloemfontein

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    Ana Rita Amaral
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    4. Becoming white: The story of being assimilated into the white habitus of Bloemfontein

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    Liezl Dick
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    5. Extremism, essentialism and identity: The life story of Muhammad Elvis Ngum

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    Jonatan Kurzwelly, Hamid Fernana and Muhammad Elvis Ngum
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    6. The shifting social relations and national identity practices of a Peruvian migrant in South Africa’s heartland

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    Luis Escobedo, Alba Gómez-Arias and Julio Castillo
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    7. ‘Do you miss kimchi?’: A collaborative arts-based narrative of education and migration

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    Marguerite Müller, Frans Kruger and Ji-Hyeon Jeong
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    8. Written writing: An account of the emergence of an(other) academic author

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    Pablo Del Monte
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    9. Transitioning capitals in international student mobility

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    Faith Mkwananzi
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    10. Migration change processes of a migrant couple: A social morphogenetic approach

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    Adesuwa Vanessa Agbedahin
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    11. The migrant as architect of his own comfort

    217
    Komlan Agbedahin and Benyam Tesfaye Akalu
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    About the contributors

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    Index

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April 12, 2021
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9780796926159
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