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

Wang, C. and Lamb, T. (ed.) 2024. Negotiating Identities, Language and Migration in Global London: Bridging Borders, Creating Spaces. Bristol, England Multilingual Matters.

TitleNegotiating Identities, Language and Migration in Global London: Bridging Borders, Creating Spaces
EditorsWang, C. and Lamb, T.
Abstract

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. They use 'languaging' as the central concept in the development of an interdisciplinary framework that creates an opportunity to 'talk across disciplines' to engage with key issues crisscrossing migration, cities and language. The book promotes 'language-based' or 'language-sensitive' research, drawing on the plurilingual repertoires and the language and translanguaging practices of migrant communities as the tool for data collection and ethnographic fieldwork. This approach generates fresh insights into the complex issues of diasporic identities, belonging and place-making, which have broad implications for migration studies in post-Brexit Britain and beyond.

Year2024
PublisherMultilingual Matters
Publication dates
Published16 Jan 2024
Place of publicationBristol, England
EditionFirst
SeriesEncounters
ISBN9781788927758
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.21832/WANG7765
Web address (URL)https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/Negotiating-Identities-Language-and-Migration-in-Global-London/?k=9781788927758

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