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Author:   Sadan Jha (Centre for Social Studies, Surat, India) ,  Pushpendra Kumar Singh (Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Patna, India)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge India
Weight:   0.580kg
ISBN:  

9781032057835

ISBN 10:   1032057831
Pages:   296
Publication Date:   25 September 2023
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Locating Subjectivities and Belonging in Migration Part I: Labouring to Freedom 2. The Aspiration of a ‘Civilised’, ‘Human’ and ‘Dignified’ Life: An Enquiry into Sociability, Sociality and Wellbeing of Migrants in an Indian Coalfield 3. Migration and the Making of a Village 4. ‘Freedom Talk of Ploughmen’: Bondage and Seasonal Migration in East Central India Part II: Engendering Migration 5. Gender and Migration: A Contemporary View 6. Home Away from Home? Belonging and Dislocation among Migrant Domestic Workers 7. Migration, Gender, and Religion: A Study of Malabar Migration and Gendered Christian Identity in Girideepam (1961–1971) Part III: Migration, Memory and Longing 8. Making Sense of Migration: Reflections on the Contexts and Contents of Bhojpuri Women’s Folksongs 9. The Idea of Home in a World of Circulation: Steam, Women, and Migration through Bhojpuri Folksongs 10. Jaun-Yeun: Simultaneous Engagement of Konkani Migrants 11. Migration and Music: Incarnations of Biraha Part IV: Negotiating the City Space 12. The Purusharthi Refugee: Sindhi Migrants in Jaipur’s Walled City 13. ‘Once a Migrant, Always a Migrant’? Negotiating Home and Belongingness in the City of Kolkata 14. The Figure of the Migrant as Other: Experiences, Memory and the Politics of Belonging

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Sadan is Associate Professor at the Centre for Social Studies, Surat, Gujarat, India. Pushpendra is Professor and Chairperson at the Patna Centre of Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Bihar, India.

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