Hasan Mahmud

Remittance as Belonging

Global Migration, Transnationalism, and the Quest for Home

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Conceptualizing remittance as an expression of migrants’ belonging, this book presents detailed accounts of the emergence, growth, decline, and revival of remittance as a function of transformations in Bangladeshi migrants’ sense of belonging to home.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 212
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 68g
• ISBN-13: 9781978840416
• ISBN-10: 1978840411
• Artikelnr.: 69922831

Autorenporträt

HASAN MAHMUD is an assistant professor of sociology at Northwestern University in Qatar. He is the coeditor (with Min Zhou) of Beyond Economic Migration: Social, Historical, and Political Factors in U.S. Immigration.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction:   The Migrant, the Family, and Money
1          A Rush to the East: Bangladeshi Migration to Japan
2          Narratives of Remittance from Japan
3          The American Dream
4          Narratives of Remittance from the United States
5          Going Global, Coming Home
Conclusion:     Why Do Migrants Send Remittances?
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography  
Index