Post-Migration Experiences, Cultural Practices and Homemaking : An Ethnography of Dominican Migration to Europe
Post-Migration Experiences, Cultural Practices and Homemaking : An Ethnography of Dominican Migration to Europe
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Author(s): Dinmohamed, Sabrina
ISBN No.: 9781837532056
Pages: 176
Year: 202309
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 144.90
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

Homemaking studies have consistently demonstrated a lack of attention to differentiated practices within immigrant groups, creating a biased picture which orients immigrants towards their country of origin when making home in the receiving society. Furthermore, their homemaking practices are mostly considered individualistically, without taking into account how the characteristics of the receiving society might influence homemaking. Proposing a more comprehensive approach, Post-Migration Experiences, Cultural Practices and Homemaking: An Ethnography of Dominican Migration to Europe highlights immigrant stories and experiences that value cultural practices in making 'home'. How, for example, is home created in a country like the Netherlands where the Dominican population is a small, almost invisible, community? Offering a broader perspective on immigrants' post-migration experiences, Sabrina Dinmohamed's approach substantially reconsiders traditional ideas about immigrant settlement and participation in receiving societies by analysing the individual and collective dimensions of homemaking practices in both public and private places. Moving away from questions of integration and toward stories about immigrants' daily practices on a micro level, Dinmohamed explores the meaning of food practices from the Dominican Republic in the process of homemaking by closely considering food consumption, preparation, ingredient sourcing, and other related customs. Shining a light on previously 'invisible' immigrant communities, Post-Migration Experiences, Cultural Practices and Homemaking: An Ethnography of Dominican Migration to Europe both advances knowledge about Caribbean migration to Europe, specifically within the Dominican diaspora, and explores how attention to feelings of home and cultural practices provides insights into immigrants' settlement experiences.


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