Imaginaries of Migration
Life Stories of Mexican Migrants in Germany
How do Mexican migrants in Germany perceive themselves and their lives? Innovatively combining theories of interculturality and social imaginaries, Yolanda López García uses the anthropological method of life stories to investigate the understudied area of Mexican migration to Germany. She discusses areas such as quality of life as a motivation for migration, the role of banal nationalism in imaginaries, the dynamic subjective re-construction of Mexicanness, and the process of (imagined) »Germanisation«. Yolanda López García ultimately argues that individuals, as social agents, engage with and construct new emerging imaginaries, which may be viewed as important engines of social change.
Overview Chapters
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Frontmatter
Seiten 1 - 4 -
Contents
Seiten 5 - 8 -
Structural Overview
Seiten 9 - 10 -
Acknowledgements
Seiten 11 - 12 -
Introduction
Seiten 13 - 26 -
1 Theoretical Lens
Seiten 27 - 84 -
2 Methodology
Seiten 85 - 118 -
3 Re-imagining Life through Migration
Seiten 119 - 174 -
4 Re-imagining Mexicanness
Seiten 175 - 226 -
5 Re-imagining Change and Belonging: Agency between Dominant and Emergent Imaginaries
Seiten 227 - 244 -
Conclusions
Seiten 245 - 250 -
References
Seiten 251 - 286 -
List of Figures/Tables
Seiten 287 - 288 -
List of Abbreviations
Seiten 289 - 290 -
Appendices
Seiten 291 - 298
10 September 2021, 298 pages
ISBN: 978-3-8376-5841-5
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