Negotiating Identities, Language and Migration in Global London - Bridging Borders, Creating Spaces

This book explores the transnational practices of migrant groups in global London, illustrating the complex relations between migrants and the city in the context of globalisation. The chapters offer a starting point to examine migrants and the city from a comparative perspective by bringing together case studies of diverse migrant communities.

About the author

Cangbai Wang is a Reader in Chinese Studies at the University of Westminster, London, UK. He is the author of Museum Representations of Chinese Diasporas: Migration Histories and the Cultural Heritage of the Homeland (2021, Routledge).
Terry Lamb is Professor of Languages and Interdisciplinary Pedagogy at the University of Westminster, London, UK. His most recent book is Insights into Language Education Policies (ed. 2020, Peter Lang, with M. Jiménez Raya and B. Manzano Vázquez).

Summary

This book explores the transnational practices of migrant groups in global London, illustrating the complex relations between migrants and the city in the context of globalisation. The chapters offer a starting point to examine migrants and the city from a comparative perspective by bringing together case studies of diverse migrant communities.

Product details

• Assisted by: Terry Lamb (Editor), Lamb Terry (Editor), Cangbai Wang (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2024
• EAN: 9781788927758
• ISBN: 978-1-78892-775-8
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 210 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 380 g
• Series: Encounters
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban, Migration, immigration & emigration, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Urban communities, Bilingualism & multilingualism, Bilingualism and multilingualism, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Urban communities / city life