African-Australian Marriage Migration

Name: African-Australian Marriage Migration
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SKU: 9781642597943
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An Ethnography of (Un)happiness

By Henrike A. Hoogenraad

Series: Studies in Critical Social Science

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African-Australian Marriage Migration: An Ethnography of (Un)happiness by Henrike A. Hoogenraad explores the complex journeys of African-Australian couples navigating marriage migration. It reveals how happiness is pursued as an ideal from the outset of the visa process, yet often remains elusive due to bureaucratic hurdles, racism, and unrealistic romantic expectations. This ethnography challenges negative stereotypes about migrant relationships and offers an insightful look into the intimate and institutional challenges faced in cross-border unions.
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This scholarly work is well suited for readers interested in anthropology, migration studies, sociology, and multicultural relationships, particularly those seeking a nuanced understanding of marriage migration beyond common stereotypes.

This important anthropological study offers a critical new look at African-Australian marriage migration in all of its contradictions.

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In African-Australian Marriage Migration: An Ethnography of (Un)happiness, Henrike A. Hoogenraad follows journeys of marriage migration among African-Australian couples. The study narrates these journeys as 'happiness projects' since for cross-border couples, happiness is connected to dreams for a life-long partnership that begins with the visa application. Yet, happiness is invoked as an aspired state rather than an achieved goal. The obstacles of government bureaucracy, institutional and everyday racism, and unrealistic expectations of romance prevent the hoped-for happy endings.

This monograph challenges a 'scam artist' narrative that generalises migrant men and their sponsoring partners, and which obscures the difficult process of crossing borders both physical and intimate. Hoogenraad's work is a welcome contribution to anthropological literature on marriage migration.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781642597943

Publisher: Haymarket Books

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 September 2022

Country: United States

Imprint: Haymarket Books

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 213

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About the Author

Henrike A. Hoogenraad is an Adjunct Fellow at The University of Adelaide. She has published articles on cross-border relationships in Australia, including Marriage Migration as Happiness Projects? Africa-origin male marriage migrants' experiences with marriage migration to Australia, in The Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (2020).