This volume was written by eight transnational geographers. These narratives comprise a collection of essays as a way to map personal trajectories and experiences which examine the concept of place at the micro-level. Eight transnational geographers convey their professional and personal identities in a global age. By using an approach called, autobiogeography, these narratives will be of interest to geographers and other social science and humanities scholars as well as of interest to the general public. This volume explores the concepts of transnationalism, borders, fragmentation, movement, displacement, space, place and “home.” Drawing from various national, ethnic, and cultural perspectives, the authors write about various important adjustments within contemporary global trends which in turn, reflect ever-changing ways to look at geography, migration processes, and transnationalism. Like other migrants who have left their home, they all left “something” behind.
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Preface, Alan P. Marcus Introduction, Alan P. Marcus Chapter 1: Navigating My Autobiogeography: From Brazil to Baltimore, Alan P. Marcus Chapter 2: Enjoying the Best of Two Worlds or Torn between Two Places?, Heike Alberts Chapter 3: Traversing Boundaries of Education and Geography: Sketching Stages, Spaces, and Standpoints of Transnational Self, Ibipo Johnston-Anumonwo Chapter 4: Mobility, Time, and Home: The Experience of Two Generations of Transnational Chinese Geographers, Shaolu Yu and Wei Li Chapter 5: Polish(ing) My Identity, Weronika A. Kusek Chapter 6: A Transnational Life Revisited, Stavros T. Constantinou Chapter 7: The Urban Geography of my Canadian Identity, Heather Smith
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This engaging book allows readers to grapple with the far reaching consequences of geography and transnationalism through the lens of autobiography. Complex geographical and biographical concepts are brought to life through compelling personal narrative. This text is an excellent introduction to social geography as a field and autoethnography as a method.
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ISBN
9781498509480
Publisert
2016-07-26
Utgiver
Vendor
Lexington Books
Vekt
395 gr
Høyde
232 mm
Bredde
165 mm
Dybde
16 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
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Antall sider
146

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Biographical note

Alan P. Marcus is associate professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Planning, Towson University.