Bringing together a range of illustrative case studies coupled with fresh theoretical insights, this volume is one of the first to address the complexities and contradictions in the relationship between migration, time, and capitalism. While temporal reckoning has long fascinated anthropologists, few studies have sought to confront how capitalism fetishizes time in the production of global inequalities-historically and in the contemporary world. As it explores how the agendas of capitalism condition migration in Europe, North America, and Oceania, this collection also examines temporality as a feature of migrants' experiences to ultimately provide a theoretically robust and ethnographically informed investigation of migration and temporality within a framework defined by the political economy of capitalism.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Springer International Publishing Ag
ISBN-13
9783319727806
eBay Product ID (ePID)
28046413500
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
215 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Migration, Temporality, and Capitalism: Entangled Mobilities Across Global Spaces
Publication Year
2018
Subject
Economics, Transportation, Anthropology
Type
Textbook
Author
Pauline Gardiner Barber, Winnie Lem
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
210 mm
Item Weight
3947 g
Item Width
148 mm
Additional Product Features
Editor
Winnie Lem, Pauline Gardiner Barber
Country/Region of Manufacture
Switzerland
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