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Transnational geographies of the heart : intimate subjectivities in a globalising city Katie Walsh

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: RGS-IBG book seriesPublication details: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, c2018.Description: viii, 180 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781119050445
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 305.82105357 WA TR
Online resources: Summary: Transnational Geographies of the Heart explores the spatialisation of intimacy in everyday life through an analysis of intimate subjectivities in transnational spaces. Draws on ethnographic research with British migrants in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, during a phase of rapid globalisation and economic diversification in 2002–2004 Highlights the negotiation of inter–personal relationships as enormously significant in relation to the dialectic of home and migration Includes four empirical chapters focused on the production of expatriate subjectivities, community and friendships, sex and romance, and families Demonstrates that a critical analysis of the geographies of intimacy might productively contribute to our understanding of the ways in which intimate subjectivities are embodied, emplaced, and co–produced across binaries of public/private and local/global space.
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REGULAR University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 305.82105357 WA TR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available May2018 T0059862

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Transnational Geographies of the Heart explores the spatialisation of intimacy in everyday life through an analysis of intimate subjectivities in transnational spaces.

Draws on ethnographic research with British migrants in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, during a phase of rapid globalisation and economic diversification in 2002–2004
Highlights the negotiation of inter–personal relationships as enormously significant in relation to the dialectic of home and migration
Includes four empirical chapters focused on the production of expatriate subjectivities, community and friendships, sex and romance, and families
Demonstrates that a critical analysis of the geographies of intimacy might productively contribute to our understanding of the ways in which intimate subjectivities are embodied, emplaced, and co–produced across binaries of public/private and local/global space.

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