Dying Abroad - The Political Afterlives of Migration in Europe

Informationen zum Autor Osman Balkan is Associate Director of the Huntsman Program in International Studies and Business at the University of Pennsylvania. His research focuses on borders and migration, citizenship and identity, race and ethnicity, transnationalism, cultural memory, Islam, and necropolitics. Klappentext "Dying Abroad offers a sophisticated ethnographic account of how immigrant and minoritized communities navigate end-of-life decisions in countries where they face barriers to political inclusion and equal social standing"-- Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: death out of place; 1. Islamic funeral funds and the moral economy of repatriation; 2. Muslim undertakers and the bureaucracy of death; 3. Memory and identity in minority cemeteries; 4. Burial and belonging; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Osman Balkan, Osman (Swarthmore College Balkan, Osman (University of Pennsylvania) Balkan
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781009288583
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0928858-3
• No. of pages: 280
• Series: LSE International Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; Sociology, Europe, International Relations, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Migration, immigration and emigration, Politics and government, Social and cultural anthropology, Sociology & anthropology, Religion and beliefs, Social and ethical issues, Sociology: Death & Dying, For undergraduate education and equivalents, For graduate / post-graduate and equivalents, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General