{"product_id":"transnational-geographies-of-the-heart-9781119050452","title":"Transnational Geographies of The Heart","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406973706583,"sku":"9781119050452","price":54.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781119050452.jpg?v=1730497748","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/transnational-geographies-of-the-heart-9781119050452","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}