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1 Online-Ressource (x, 274 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Ausgabe:
Online-Ausg.
ISBN:
0253000815
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0253000823
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0253000750
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1280125802
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9780253000811
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9780253000828
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9780253000750
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9781280125805
Inhalt:
In cities throughout Africa, local inhabitants live alongside large populations of "strangers." Bruce Whitehouse explores the condition of strangerhood for residents who have come from the West African Sahel to settle in Brazzaville, Congo. Whitehouse considers how these migrants live simultaneously inside and outside of Congolese society as merchants, as Muslims in a predominantly non-Muslim society, and as parents seeking to instill in their children the customs of their communities of origin. Migrants and Strangers in an African City challenges Pan-Africanist ideas of transnationalism and d
Inhalt:
Introduction: exile knows no dignity -- The Avenue of Sergeant Malamine -- Enterprising strangers -- Among the unbelievers -- The stranger's code -- Transnational kinship -- Children of exile -- Conclusion: the anchoring of identities -- Epilogue: displaced dreams
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780253000811
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ISBN 0253000815
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ISBN 9780253000828
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ISBN 0253000823
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Whitehouse, Bruce, 1971- Migrants and strangers in an African city Bloomington : Indiana University Press, ©2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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