Migration as anchorage : ethnography of a Palestinian family in London /

"On a temporary visit to London, a Palestinian family found themselves unable to return to Gaza during Israel's 2008 war on their city. Understanding their stay in London as an act of 'anchoring', the family opened a Palestinian café and sought to make their lives - as individual...

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Main Author: Obeid, Michelle (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Berghahn Books, 2025.
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Summary:"On a temporary visit to London, a Palestinian family found themselves unable to return to Gaza during Israel's 2008 war on their city. Understanding their stay in London as an act of 'anchoring', the family opened a Palestinian café and sought to make their lives - as individuals, as a family and as a community - viable in the face of uncertainty. By following the stories of various family members as they struggled to recreate a sense of home, this moving ethnography introduces the concept of anchorage as a novel lens to understand migration, home and place, highlighting the fluidity, temporariness and serendipity of these experiences"-- Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:198 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781836951421
1836951426