Student Mobility and Narrative in Europe - The New Strangers

This book is the first in-depth qualitative study of students migration within Europe. The author suggests that the travelling European students can be seen as a new migratory elite

List of contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 The stranger's template; Chapter 2 Narratives of student travellers; Chapter 3 Mobility capital: a taste for living abroad; Chapter 4 An adventure into another time-space; Chapter 5 The arrival: a rite of passage; Chapter 6 Redefining culture shock in a European context; Chapter 7 New spaces, new places; Chapter 8 The new social setting; Chapter 9 The creation of a new social fabric; Chapter 10 Adaptation: chameleon or clam; Chapter 11 Conclusion;

About the author

Elizabeth Murphy-Lejeune is a Lecturer in the French Department, Saint Patrick's College, Dublin. She has written extensively on Language, Culture and Intercultural Issues in a variety of European publications.

Summary

This book is the first in-depth qualitative study of students migration within Europe. The author suggests that the travelling European students can be seen as a new migratory elite

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Murphy-Lejeune, Murphy-Lejeune Elizabeth
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.11.2001
• EAN: 9780415261791
• ISBN: 978-0-415-26179-1
• No. of pages: 288
• Weight: 690 g
• Series: Routledge Studies in Anthropology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples