Handbook of Culture and Migration: (Elgar Handbooks in Migration)

Capturing the important place and power role that culture plays in the decision-making process of migration, this Handbook looks at human movement outside of a vacuum; taking into account the impact of family relationships, access to resources, and security and insecurity at both the points of origin and destination. Utilising case studies from around the world, chapters look at migration from the perspectives of a broad range of migrants, including refugees, labour migrants, students, highly educated migrants, and documented and undocumented movers. The Handbook moves beyond an understanding of the economics of migration, looking at the importance of love, skilled movers, food and identity in migrants’ lives. It analyses the assumption that migrants follow direct pathways to new destinations where they settle, recognising the dynamic ways in which movers travel, following circular routes and celebrating new opportunities. Highlighting the challenges migrants face, disputes around belonging and citizenship are explored in relation to rising nationalism and xenophobia. The insightful studies of the choices migrants make around both perceived and real needs and resources will make this Handbook a critical read for scholars and students of migration studies. It will also appeal to policy makers looking to understand the complexity of the impetus to migrant movement, and the important role that culture plays.

Table of Contents:
Contents: Preface xix 1 Handbook of Culture and Migration : an introduction 1 Jeffrey H. Cohen and Ibrahim Sirkeci PART I THEORY AND MOBILITY 2 Ask an “open” question and you’ll get a surprising answer: counterintuitive findings on Mexican migration to the United States 6 Judith Adler Hellman 3 Conflict model of migration and perception of human insecurity 17 Deniz Eroğlu-Utku and Pınar Yazgan 4 A culture of mobility? Perspectives on the human rights-based migration government 25 Markus Kotzur and Leonard Amaru Feil 5 The sexual dimension of migration: from sexual migration to changing lovescapes 40 Martina Cvajner and Giuseppe Sciortino 6 Kaleidoscopic relations in emerging destinations 54 Ruth McAreavey 7 Mirrored selves: reflections on religious narrative(s) in the lives of migrants 68 Eric M. Trinka 8 Gender and culture of migration 82 Caroline B. Brettell 9 Return migration 95 Julia Pauli 10 International migration, environment, and climate change dynamics 110 Michelle J. Moran-Taylor and Matthew J. Taylor 11 Taste and displacement 124 Micah M. Trapp PART II NATIONAL PATTERNS 12 Migration policy making in the US 138 Philip Martin 13 Migration of humans versus migration of cultures in the Middle East 152 Ayman Zohry 14 A framework for understanding migration from Sub-Saharan Africa: transnational and global perspectives 162 Claude Sumata 15 International migration from India: an historical overview 168 Ruchi Singh 16 Situations and challenges: survey on internal ethnic migrants in northwest Hubei in China 175 Ying Hou and Shengyu Pei 17 Labour market integration of immigrants in Finland 186 Elli Heikkilä and Nafisa Yeasmin PART III TRACING MOBILITIES IN SPACE AND PLACE 18 Contextualizing religiosity and identity in the case of Turkish immigrants in Western Europe 204 Tolga Tezcan 19 Transnational migration, racial economies, and the limitations to membership 219 Bernardo Ramirez Rios and Anthony Russell Jerry 20 Transnational migration and the lived experience of class across borders 232 Jennifer A. Cook 21 Student and retiree mobilities 248 Liliana Azevedo, Silva Lässer and Katrin Sontag 22 Violence and resilience across borders 263 Nia C. Parson 23 Development, migration, and the prospects of ‘betterment’ 274 Gregory Gullette 24 The ‘mobility turn’: economic inequality in refugee livelihoods 287 Naohiko Omata 25 Remittances and belonging: reading the social meaning of Peruvian migrants’ money 301 Karsten Paerregaard 26 Highly skilled migrants and their networks 313 Amy Carattini 27 Precarity, migration and extractive labour in the Peruvian Amazon 328 Gordon Lewis Ulmer 28 Refugees on the move: resettlement and onward migration in ‘final’ destination countries 341 Marnie Shaffer and Emma Stewart 29 Where is home? Navigating the complexities of refugee repatriation 351 Carrie Perkins 30 “They took a piece of my flesh”: transnational motherhood and activism in Tlaxcala, Mexico 363 Ruth M. Hernández-Ríos 31 Virtual village: Zapotec migrants in the digital era 372 Roberto J. González 32 Interconnectivities: mobility, food and place 386 Paulette K. Schuster PART IV HEALTH AND MOBILITY 33 Doing good or doing harm? The interrelations between migration, well-being, and mental health 397 Natalia Zotova 34 Experiences of sociocultural reproduction among migrant women in the Brong-Ahafo Region of Ghana 412 Jemima Nomunume Baada 35 Migration, stress, and physiological dysregulation 425 Alexandra C. Tuggle and Douglas E. Crews Index 442

About the Author :
Edited by Jeffrey H. Cohen, Professor of Anthropology, The Ohio State University, US and Ibrahim Sirkeci, International Business School, UK

Review :
’This Handbook provides a wealth of state-of-the-art chapters exploring the foremost issues concerning contemporary global migration. Its integrative theme of culture - human meanings and patterns as they affect migration processes - offers a most welcome perspective and mode of understanding.’ ’Based on the fundamental argument that ‘’culture matters’’ for understanding migration, this rich collection of essays makes new and original contributions to the study of migration as a key global process. These novel perspectives include wellbeing, lifestyle, sex, religion, sport, food, resilience, and many others.’