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It is increasingly recognized that ethnonational frameworks are inadequate when examining the complexity of social life in contexts of migration and diversity.
This book draws on ethnographic research in two UK secondary schools, considering the shifting roles of migration status, language, ethnicity, religion and precarity in young people's peer relationships. The book challenges culturalist understandings of social cohesion, highlighting the divisive impacts of neoliberalism, from pervasive temporariness and domestic abuse to technologization and neighbourhood violence.
Using Martin Buber's relational model, the book explores the interplay of 'I-It' boundary-making with reciprocal 'I-Thou' encounters, pointing to the creative power of these encounters to subvert, reimagine and even transform social difference. The author provides a pragmatic and ultimately hopeful view of the dynamics of diversity in everyday life, offering valuable insights for social policy and practice.
By:
Emma Soye (Queen’s University Belfast)
Imprint: Bristol University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 203mm,
Width: 127mm,
ISBN: 9781529235753
ISBN 10: 1529235758
Pages: 156
Publication Date: 04 June 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Undergraduate
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ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Foreword - Susanne Wessendorf 1. Introduction 2. I-It, I-Thou, and Migration Studies 3. Migration, Memory, and Uncertain Futures 4. Societal Myths and the Consequences of Freedom 5. Funny Language? Curiosity, Contact, and Humour 6. Navigating Precarity 7. Conclusions and Beyond
Emma Soye is a researcher at Queen's University Belfast and Assistant Editor at the Centre for Global Education.