Migration, Work and Home-Making in the City

This book explores the relationships between home, work and migration among Vietnamese people in East London, demonstrating the diversity of home-making practices and forms of belonging in relation to the dwelling, workplace and wider city.

"Highly recommended. General readers through upper-division undergraduates; professionals." - CHOICE

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Annabelle Wilkins is Research Associate in the Division of Languages and Intercultural Studies at the University of Manchester, UK, within the project 'Translation, interpreting and the British humanitarian response to asylum seeker and refugee arrivals since the 1940s'. She holds a PhD in Geography from Queen Mary University of London, and her research interests are in home, work, migration and the city. She has published in journals including Area and Gender and Place and Culture, and in the edited collection Spaces of Spirituality.

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List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Conceptualising Home, Work and Migration in Urban Contexts

2. Locating East London's Vietnamese Communities

3. Routes, Journeys and Encounters: Experiences of Departure and Arrival

4. Home, Work and the City: Between Vietnam and East London

5. Material, Emotional and Spiritual Homes

6. Future Homes, Mobilities and (Im)possibilities of Belonging

7. Conclusion: Where is Home in the Super-diverse City?

Participant Biographies

Bibliography

Index