Sideways Migration - Being French in London

This book examines the relationship between migration and socioeconomic status. In particular, it charts a set of middle-class aspirations that lead people to move to a nearby nation that is similar in wealth and social indicators - a type of horizontal relocation that it terms "sideways migration."

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Prologue
Introduction
Chapter 1: London as a Space of Possibilities
Chapter 2: Emplacements and Dislocations
Chapter 3: Fieldwork in "Brexit Times"
Chapter 4: The French Emigration Apparatus
Chapter 5: French Imaginaries of London Life
Conclusion
References
Index

About the author

Deborah Reed-Danahay is Professor of Anthropology at the University at Buffalo. Her recent books include Bourdieu and Social Space: Mobilities, Trajectories, Emplacements (2020) and the edited volume Anthropological Approaches to Reading Migrant Writing (w/H. Wulff, 2024). She co-edits the book series Palgrave Studies in Literary Anthropology and is a former president of the Society for the Anthropology of Europe. She holds the title of Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Palmes Académiques, conferred by the French government.

Summary

This book examines the relationship between migration and socioeconomic status. In particular, it charts a set of middle-class aspirations that lead people to move to a nearby nation that is similar in wealth and social indicators – a type of horizontal relocation that it terms "sideways migration."

Product details

• Authors: Deborah Reed-Danahay, Reed-Danahay Deborah
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.11.2024
• EAN: 9781032732831
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3273283-1
• No. of pages: 178
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; London, Greater London, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, France, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Sociology: customs & traditions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Relations, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Social and cultural anthropology, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, Relating to middle socioeconomic groups / status