Somalis Abroad

Clan and Everyday Life in Finland

Buch | Hardcover

220 Seiten

2017
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-04093-1 (ISBN)

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Drawing on a wealth of ethnographic detail, Stephanie Bjork offers the first study on the messy role of clan or tribe in the Somali diaspora, and the only study on the subject to include women's perspectives. Somalis Abroad illuminates the ways clan is contested alongside ideas of autonomy and gender equality, challenged by affinities towards others with similar migration experiences, transformed because of geographical separation from family members, and leveraged by individuals for cultural capital. Challenging prevailing views in the field, Bjork argues that clan-informed practices influence everything from asylum decisions to managing money. The practices also become a pattern that structures important relationships via constant--and unwitting--effort.

Stephanie R. Bjork is Professor of Anthropology at Paradise Valley Community College. She is coeditor of From Mogadishu to Dixon: The Somali Diaspora in a Global Context.

Erscheinungsdatum	03.06.2017
Reihe/Serie	Interp Culture New Millennium
Vorwort	Stephanie R. Bjork
Zusatzinfo	3 black & white photographs, 6 maps, 1 chart, 2 tables
Verlagsort	Baltimore
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	399 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	0-252-04093-7 / 0252040937
ISBN-13	978-0-252-04093-1 / 9780252040931
Zustand	Neuware