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OverviewThis book explores the transnational practices of migrant groups in global London, illustrating the complex relations between migrants and the city in the context of globalisation. The chapters offer a starting point to examine migrants and the city from a comparative perspective by bringing together case studies of diverse migrant communities. They use 'languaging' as the central concept in the development of an interdisciplinary framework that creates an opportunity to 'talk across disciplines' to engage with key issues crisscrossing migration, cities and language. The book promotes 'language-based' or 'language-sensitive' research, drawing on the plurilingual repertoires and the language and translanguaging practices of migrant communities as the tool for data collection and ethnographic fieldwork. This approach generates fresh insights into the complex issues of diasporic identities, belonging and place-making, which have broad implications for migration studies in post-Brexit Britain and beyond. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cangbai Wang , Terry LambPublisher: Multilingual Matters Imprint: Multilingual Matters Dimensions: Width: 14.80cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.380kg ISBN: 9781788927758ISBN 10: 1788927753 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 16 January 2024 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsFigures Contributors Acknowledgements Foreword Chapter 1. Cangbai Wang and Terry Lamb: Introduction: Bridging the Gap between Migration, Cities and Language: An Interdisciplinary Perspective Part 1: 'Metrolingual Space': Cultural Translation, Language Ideologies and Diasporic Identities in a Global City Chapter 2. Giulia Pepe: Negotiating New Migratory Identities through Multilingual Practices: The Case of Post-Crisis Italian Migrants in London Chapter 3. Saskia Huc-Hepher and Fabrice Lyczba: 'Sorry, I’m French': Frenchness as Uneasy Resource in the Construction of Home, Identity and Belonging among French Students in London Chapter 4. Umit Cetin and Celia Jenkins: Alevi Kurds in the UK: Paving the Way Towards Recognition of a New Ethno-Religious Identity Part 2: 'Performative Space': Visualising, Sounding and Acting Identities in a Transnational Field Chapter 5. Benedetta Morsiani: Performing Black Beauty: The Congolese Community in London Chapter 6. Denise Kwan: Articulating the Subjectivities of British Chinese Women through Art and Material Objects Chapter 7. Cangbai Wang: Negotiating Diasporic Identities in Glocal Heritage Discourses: The Case of the Chinese New Year Celebration in London Chapter 8. Julie Marsh: Performing the Symbiotic Relationship Between the Adapted Mosque and its Congregation Part 3: 'Heritagisation Space': Collecting, Remembering and Transmitting the Past for a Shared Future Chapter 9. Susan L.T. Ashley: Spaces of Heritagisation: The UK Indian Communities and Memorials of War Chapter 10. Alison Barnes: Tracing the Graphic Heritage of Hackney’s Migrant Communities through Food Chapter 11. Xiao Ma: Contesting Everyday (Food) Heritage in London's Chinatown Chapter 12. Ailsa Peate and Lucia Brandi: A Museum for Me: Place and Memory Making with Mujer Diáspora IndexReviewsOne of the factors shaping one’s social and ethnic identity is language. This is particularly true among migrants. In comparison to other research on the socio-economic-political development of migrants, to date there has been little research on the formation and/or transformation of identities from the perspective of language. This book examines the negotiation of identities among migrants with a focus on language to fill this research gap. It is an indispensable reference not only for migrants, but also for researchers, educators and policymakers. * Victor Zheng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong * One of the factors shaping one’s social and ethnic identity is language. This is particularly true among migrants. In comparison to other research on the socio-economic-political development of migrants, to date there has been little research on the formation and/or transformation of identities from the perspective of language. This book examines the negotiation of identities among migrants with a focus on language to fill this research gap. It is an indispensable reference not only for migrants, but also for researchers, educators and policymakers. * Victor Zheng, The Chinese University of Hong Kong * This superb book showcases how it is the creative agency of migrants from around the world that makes the vibrant, dynamic and hugely energetic – call it ‘trans-ethnic’ – urban landscape that is the city of London. As such, the book provides a superb antidote to today’s climate of heightened anti-migrant sentiment and exclusionary cultural nationalism. A must-read for all cosmopolitans! * Ien Ang, Western Sydney University, Australia * Author InformationCangbai Wang is Reader in Chinese Studies at the University of Westminster, London, UK. He is the author of Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas: Migration Histories and the Cultural Heritage of the Homeland (2021, Routledge). Terry Lamb is Professor of Languages and Interdisciplinary Pedagogy at the University of Westminster, London, UK. His most recent book is Insights into Language Education Policies (ed. 2020, Peter Lang, with M. Jiménez Raya and B. Manzano Vázquez). Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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