Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-206) and index.
Contents:
Prologue: "Are you disappointed?" -- Introduction : migration, insecurity, and belonging -- Conquering the Fouta Djallon : historiographies of insecurity -- States of migration : living the politics of mobility -- "Money is the key to the world" : evading uselessness and seeking personhood abroad and at home -- "They have knowledge, but they have no manners" : global connections and local difference among Fouta Djallon Muslims -- The promise of unity -- Conclusions, moving on, and going home.
Summary:
"Countering the traditional narrative of "migration as crisis," Global Nomads tells the story of a group of people for whom migration is not a symptom of a disordered world, but rather an ordinary practice full of social and personal meaning. Decentering migration from North America and Europe, this ethnography explores how ethnic Fulbe people in the West African Republic of Guinea migrate abroad to seek their fortunes and fulfill their responsibilities--and in the process, securing a place at home. Based on twenty-three months of ethnographic research, Global Nomads investigates how mobility abroad shapes belonging at home and shows that political and economic motivations to migrate are important in Guinea, as elsewhere--but they are only part of the story. Family and community expectations, cultural ideals of work, notions of gender, and religious piety all come into play when people dream of going abroad and when they contemplate coming home again. Ultimately, Global Nomads shows how understandings of the past and its connections to the present--of what being a respectable person entails, of individual responsibilities to a larger community--all shape how people live in contexts of insecurity."--Publisher's website.
Series:
Issues of globalization : case studies in contemporary anthropology
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