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Prize: Winner of the 2009 Oral History Association Book Award 'This is a finely nuanced study of migration, not as international phenomenon or national crisis, but as the lived experience, over time, of Asian migrants, and white neighbours in an English city. Using oral sources, it holds important insights and salutary lessons on migrant experience and host responses and makes a valuable contribution to the contemporary debates on multiculturalism.' Mary Chamberlain, Oxford Brookes University, UK 'A fine contribution to the British tradition of qualitative research into urban inter-ethnic relations. Drawing on oral histories and interviews, Herbert explores beyond the cliches of assimilation, segregation and social inclusion to reveal the complexities of human interaction at the local level and how the local and the global engage through memory, gender, transnational migration and multicultural integration.' John Eade, Roehampton University, UK '...an incredibly accessible and illuminating account of immigration and integration at a grassroots level. This study breaks away from the traditional microcosmic approach and succeeds in illustrating how both the members of the South Asian community and those of the host population managed to command the challenges that the immigration process inflicted upon them. This is an attribute that will hopefully pave the way for future research.' Twentieth Century British History 'Joanna Herbert's Negotiating Boundaries in the City: Migration, Ethnicity, and Gender in Britain is a study of migration not as an international phenomenon or a national crisis, but as a lived and local experience...Using oral sources, it sensitively examines the experiences of Asian migrants and their white neighbours in the city of Leicester, showing how the global and the local intertwine over time...The study provides rich new insights into the complexities of migrant lives, the cultural pressures placed on migrant families, and the more public tensions between home life and the wider society.' History Workshop Journal 'Contributing to the ever-growing literature concerned with minority ethnic geographies and the dynamics of ethnic diversity, multiculturalism and community cohesion in the UK, Negotiating Boundaries in the City focuses on Leicester, deemed to be a multicultural success...The wealth of literature and depth of interviews drawn upon make the book a worthwhile and interesting read.' Oral History 'For those interested in the gendered aspects of migration as well as issues of inter-ethnic relations within the urban cityscape, the research is valuable and relevant.' Urban History 'Negotiating Boundaries is a welcome addition to the ever decreasing number of monographs published in the field of ethnic and community studies. Coming at a point where the global has a profound impact on local production, this book highlights the advantages of a locally focused study in recording and understanding the peculiarities of the contemporary everyday life experience.' In-Spire Journal of Law, Politics and Societies 'This is a book which makes a significant contribution to oral histories of migration and to oral history as a methodology.' Oral History Review '... a timely and necessary contribution to understandings of immigration and race in Britain. ... Graduate students embarking on research based on personal testimony, interviews, and life stories could learn a great deal from Herbert's research, which employs a strikingly reflective and sensitive approach to these processes... There is much to commend about Herbert's research, and one of the most striking and rewarding aspects is the complex approach toward identity, the interest in gender and in whiteness... the book is very detailed... scholars interested in racial and ethnic identities can learn much from Herbert's approach. Herbert's research illustrates the real potential that scholars have to make contributions to policies on race, immigration, and urban planning, along with conceptual and historical ideas about identities and ethnicity.' Journal of British Studies

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Joanna Herbert is a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow in the Department of Geography at Queen Mary, University of London, UK. She has worked on several research projects on the experiences of minority ethnic groups. Her main areas of interest include the gendered nature of migratory experiences, the role of memory in life histories and constructions of whiteness and racisms.

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