Routes of Passage, Volume 1, Part 2 (Ruth Simms Hamilton African Diaspora) - Softcover

Book 2 of 13: Ruth Simms Hamilton African Diaspora

Ruth Simms Hamilton (editor)

 
9780870136924: Routes of Passage, Volume 1, Part 2 (Ruth Simms Hamilton African Diaspora)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0870136925 ISBN 13: 9780870136924
Publisher: Michigan State University Press, 2007

Synopsis

Routes of Passage provides a conceptual, substantive, and empirical orientation to the study of African people worldwide. Routes of Passage addresses issues of geographical mobility and geosocial displacement; changing cultural, political, and economic relationships between Africa and its diaspora; interdiaspora relations; political and economic agency and social mobilization, including cultural production and psychocultural transformation; existence in hostile and oppressive political and territorial space; and confronting interconnected relations of social inequality, especially class, gender, nationality, and race.

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About the Author

Ruth Simms Hamilton was a teacher and researcher at Michigan State University for 35 years, who won many awards for her work. She was Professor of Sociology and Urban Affairs, Director of the African Diaspora Research Project, and a core faculty member of the African Studies Center and Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies at Michigan State University.

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Publisher
Michigan State University Press
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0870136925
ISBN 13 
9780870136924
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
260