{"product_id":"transnational-geographies-of-the-heart-isbn-9781119050452","title":"Transnational Geographies of The Heart","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTransnational Geographies of the Heart \u003c\/i\u003eexplores the spatialisation of intimacy in everyday life through an analysis of intimate subjectivities in transnational spaces.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraws on ethnographic research with British migrants in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, during a phase of rapid globalisation and economic diversification in 2002-2004\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights the negotiation of inter-personal relationships as enormously significant in relation to the dialectic of home and migration\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes four empirical chapters focused on the production of ‘expatriate’ subjectivities, community and friendships, sex and romance, and families\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates that a critical analysis of the geographies of intimacy might productively contribute to our understanding of the ways in which intimate subjectivities are embodied, emplaced, and co-produced across binaries of public\/private and local\/global space \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeries Editor’s Preface vi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Geographies of Intimacy 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 A Globalising Gulf Region and the British in Dubai 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 British ‘Expatriate’ Subjectivities in Dubai 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 ‘Community’, Clubs and Friendship 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Sex, Desire and Romance in the Globalising City 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Migration, Domesticity and ‘Family Life’ 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Our Intimate Lives 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘A lively, thought-provoking examination of intimate and transnational subjectivities. Drawing on careful ethnographic research, a rich picture is developed of the complexities of intimacy for British expatriates in Dubai. The analysis is insightful, and the volume makes a significant and distinctive contribution to our understanding of migration and transnational life.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Conradson, Department of Geography, University of Canterbury, New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Intimacy is so thickly woven into our individual and social lives that it is extremely difficult to pick apart conceptually, particularly in the hyper-mobile and globalised settings of contemporary life. \u003ci\u003eTransnational Geographies of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edirectly addresses this challenge by exploring the intimacy concept in relationship to mobility. In this absorbing and erudite book, Walsh develops a much needed language with which to explore the textures of intimacy – deeply under acknowledged in the migrant literature - as they are enacted and negotiated in one of today’s least studied but most globalised cities. In doing so, Walsh delivers a ground-breaking work that highlights the significance of geographical analysis in understanding the spatialisation of intimate subjectivities and the importance of place – defined through multiple sites of belonging within complex postcolonial and racialised contexts – in shaping our inter-personal relationships.’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLoretta Baldassar, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e   \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eKatie Walsh\u003c\/b\u003e is Senior Lecturer in Geography at the University of Sussex, UK. Her research focuses on home,  intimacy and British migration. Katie's current work explores ageing, migration and home through the  life-stories of British return migrants in later life. She is the co-editor of \u003ci\u003eTransnational Migration and Home in  Older Age\u003c\/i\u003e (2016) and \u003ci\u003eThe New Expatriates: Postcolonial Approaches to Mobile Professionals\u003c\/i\u003e (2012).      \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'A lively, thought-provoking examination of intimate and transnational subjectivities. Drawing on careful ethnographic research, a rich picture is developed of the complexities of intimacy for British expatriates in Dubai. The analysis is insightful, and the volume makes a significant and distinctive contribution to our understanding of migration and transnational life.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eDavid Conradson, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eDepartment of Geography, University of Canterbury, New Zealand\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 'Intimacy is so thickly woven into our individual and social lives that it is extremely difficult to pick apart conceptually, particularly in the hyper-mobile and globalised settings of contemporary life. \u003ci\u003eTransnational Geographies of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e directly addresses this challenge by exploring the intimacy concept in relationship  to mobility. In this absorbing and erudite book, Walsh develops a much needed language with which to explore  the textures of intimacy – deeply under acknowledged in the migrant literature – as they are enacted  and negotiated in one of today's least studied but most globalised cities. In doing so, Walsh delivers a  ground-breaking work that highlights the significance of geographical analysis in understanding the spatialisation of intimate subjectivities and the importance of place – defined through multiple sites of belonging within complex postcolonial and racialised contexts – in shaping our inter-personal relationships.'\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eLoretta Baldassar,\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eSchool of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia\u003c\/i\u003e    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eTransnational Geographies of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e explores the spatialisation of intimacy in everyday life through an analysis of intimate subjectivities in transnational spaces. The author draws on ethnographic research with British migrants in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, during a phase of rapid globalisation and economic diversification in 2002–2004. This research highlighted the negotiation of inter-personal relationships as enormously significant in relation to the dialectic of home and migration. A range of relationships are  discussed in four empirical chapters focused on the production of 'expatriate' subjectivities, community and friendships, sex and romance, and families. The British migrants interviewed are diverse in terms of their length of residence, occupation, age, gender and marital status yet, at the same time, their reproduction of middle class, white and heteronormative subjectivities in postcolonial space marks them as privileged in collective terms. Essential reading for geographers, sociologists and anthropologists, this book demonstrates that a critical analysis of the geographies of intimacy might productively contribute to our understanding of the ways in which intimate subjectivities are embodied, emplaced, and co-produced across binaries of  public\/private and local\/global space.    \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e‘A lively, thought-provoking examination of intimate and transnational subjectivities. Drawing on careful ethnographic research, a rich picture is developed of the complexities of intimacy for British expatriates in Dubai. The analysis is insightful, and the volume makes a significant and distinctive contribution to our understanding of migration and transnational life.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDavid Conradson, Department of Geography, University of Canterbury, New Zealand\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e‘Intimacy is so thickly woven into our individual and social lives that it is extremely difficult to pick apart conceptually, particularly in the hyper-mobile and globalised settings of contemporary life. \u003ci\u003eTransnational Geographies of the Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003edirectly addresses this challenge by exploring the intimacy concept in relationship to mobility. In this absorbing and erudite book, Walsh develops a much needed language with which to explore the textures of intimacy – deeply under acknowledged in the migrant literature - as they are enacted and negotiated in one of today’s least studied but most globalised cities. In doing so, Walsh delivers a ground-breaking work that highlights the significance of geographical analysis in understanding the spatialisation of intimate subjectivities and the importance of place – defined through multiple sites of belonging within complex postcolonial and racialised contexts – in shaping our inter-personal relationships.’ \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLoretta Baldassar, School of Social Sciences, University of Western Australia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990409068773,"sku":"NP9781119050452","price":94.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781119050452.jpg?v=1761787712","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/transnational-geographies-of-the-heart-isbn-9781119050452","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}