Migration, Temporality, and Capitalism

A unique, anthropological examination of migration, temporality, and political economy Presents an international range of illustrative case studies to demonstrate fresh theoretical insights A timely intervention into an important topic as the migration crisis continues, with implications for issues surrounding globalization, capitalism, and neoliberalism

Autorentext

Pauline Gardiner Barber is Professor of Sociology and Social Anthropology at Dalhousie University, Canada.

Winnie Lem is Professor of International Development Studies at Trent University, Canada.

Inhalt

1. Temporalities and Migration: Introduction.- 2. Chronotopes of Migration Scholarship: The Challenges of Radical Contemporaneity.- 3. The Timescape of Post-WWII Caribbean Migration to Britain: Non contemporaneity as Challenge and Opportunity.- 4. Time at Sea: Temporal Horizons of Rescue and Its Avoidance in the Central Mediterranean.- 5. Flexible Kinship and Discrepant Temporalities in Chinese Transpacific Migration.- 6. 'Lost Time' The Experience of Waiting for a Future among Young Somali Migrants en route.- 7. Labour and Population: Migration Pathways to Rural Manitoba Past and Present.- 8. Badocari Temporalities: Perspectives on Time, Bottles, and Economies for Romanian Roma Bottle Collectors in Copenhagen.- 9. Migration and Temporal Dissonance in Canada Philippine Migration.- 10. Temporality, Migration, Reproduction: Cycles, Alignments, and Misalignments in Late Capitalism.