Transnational Lives
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Coffee Morning
Contemporary Expatriates
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Corporate Expatriates
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East Indies
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ethnographic research
Expat Bubble
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Expatriate Package
Expatriate Wife
Expatriate Women
expatriates
Family Expatriates
gender and migration
German Women's Association
German Women’s Association
Golden Cage
Heritage Society
human geography studies
identity boundaries
Incorporated Wife
Indonesia Forum
Indonesian Food
Indonesian Staff
International Human Resource Management
National Expatriate Communities
National Habitus
Privileged Migration
Term Bule
Western Backpacking Tourists
Western Style Supermarkets
wives
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Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9781138262577
- Weight: 360g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 19 Oct 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Privileged migrants, such as expatriates living abroad, are typically associated with lives of luxury in exotic locations. This fascinating and in-depth study reveals a more complex reality. By focusing on corporate expatriates the author provides one of the first book length studies on 'transnationalism from above'. The book draws on the author's extended research among the expatriate community in Jakarta, Indonesia. The findings, which relate to expatriate communities worldwide, provide a nuanced analysis of current trends among a globally mobile workforce. While acknowledging the potentially empowering impact of transnationalism, the author challenges current paradigms by arguing that the study of elite migration shows that transnational lives do not always entail fluid identities but the maintenance of boundaries - of body, race and gender. The rich ethnographic data adds a critical dimension to studies of migration and transnationalism, filling a distinct gap in terms of theory and ethnography. Written in an engaging and accessible style the book will be of interest to academics and students, particularly in anthropology, migration studies and human geography.
Anne-Meike Fechter is Lecturer in Anthropology at the University of Sussex, UK.
