Momentous Mobilities Anthropological Musings on the Meanings of Travel

First in-depth (anthropological) discussion of various forms of contemporary mobilities.


Coherent approach, with an introductory chapter and a conclusion.


Agenda-setting volume for future research in mobility studies Experimental writing style, combining ethnography and memoir.

Info autore

Noel B. Salazar is Research Professor in Anthropology at the University of Leuven. He is the author of Envisioning Eden (Berghahn, 2010) and numerous journal articles, book chapters, and edited volumes on the anthropology of mobility and travel. He is the founder of Cultural Mobilities Research (CuMore) and the EASA Anthropology and Mobility Network (AnthroMob).

Riassunto

Momentous Mobilities disentangles the meanings attached to temporary travels and stays abroad and offers empirical evidence as well as novel theoretical arguments to develop an anthropology of mobility.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Noel B Salazar, Salazar, Noel B. Salazar, Salazar Noel B.
• Editore: BERGHAHN BOOKS, INC
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 31.08.2020
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze sociali, tematiche generali
• EAN: 9781789208030
• ISBN: 978-1-78920-803-0
• Numero di pagine: 208
• Serie: Worlds in Motion
• Categorie: Travel, Education, TRAVEL / General, Culture, Sociology, Popular Culture, Society, Cultural Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Anthropology, Borders, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Spirituality, tourism, Retrospective, Travel & holiday, Work, Villages, pop culture, Adventures, Travel and holiday, Social Issues, Personal reflection, Engaging, mobilities, Voyages, theoretical arguments, temporary travels, crossing mobilities, multi method research, anthropology of mobility, boundary crossing mobilities, immigration and immigrants, spiritual quests, Scholarly analysis, stays abroad