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Stories from a migrant city: living and working together in the shadow of Brexit
Nationalists and nativists often blame the figure of the immigrant 'other' for society's ills, contrasting this with the 'local' or 'native' whose livelihood and way of life are seen as under threat from immigration. Being at ease with difference is seen as the worldview of a cosmopolitan elite. Stories from a migrant city argues for an urgent transformation of how such terms are understood and deployed. Drawing on eight years of research in an English provincial city and a biographical approach to oral history, this book challenges the ways in which people have come to be seen as 'migrants' or 'locals' and understood to have opposing interests. Non-elite cosmopolitanism is shown to be alive and well, in spite of racism, the legacies of empire and the devastating effects of four decades of neoliberalism.
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Creative interruptions: Grassroots creativity, state structures and disconnection as a space for 'radical openness'; G2087; AHRC-ARTS & HUMANITIES RESEARCH COUNCIL; R33412 - AH/N004094/1
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- Published
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Manchester University PressPages
224.0Place of publication
ManchesterISBN
9781526131744Department affiliated with
- Geography Publications
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- Sussex Centre for Migration Research Publications
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- Yes
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2019-07-16First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-07-15Usage metrics
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