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Temporality in Mobile Lives

Contemporary Asia–Australia Migration and Everyday Time
By Shanthi Robertson
Series: Global Migration and Social Change
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Temporality in Mobile Lives offers an innovative exploration of how migration shapes the experience of time among young Asian migrants in Australia. Shanthi Robertson introduces the concept of 'chronomobilities' to analyse how moving between countries affects life trajectories, including careers and relationships. Grounded in extensive interviews and ethnographic research, the book reveals the complex, time-related realities of 21st-century transnational mobility.
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Ideal for students and researchers in migration studies, sociology, and time studies, as well as readers interested in contemporary Asian diasporas and the nuances of mobile lives.

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This innovative study of young Asian migrants' lives in Australia sheds new light on the complex relationship between migration and time. With in-depth interviews and a new conceptual framework, Robertson reveals how migration influences the trajectories of migrants' lives, from career pathways to intimate relationships.

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This innovative study of young Asian migrants' lives in Australia sheds new light on the complex relationship between migration and time. With in-depth interviews and a new conceptual framework, Robertson reveals how migration influences the trajectories of migrants' lives, from career pathways to intimate relationships.

Robertson provides fresh perspectives on the 21st-century migratory experience in this innovative study of young Asian migrants' lives in Australia. Exploring the aspirations and realities of transnational mobility, Temporality in Mobile Lives shows how migration has reshaped lived experiences of time for middle-class young people moving between Asia and the West for work, study, and lifestyle opportunities.

Through a new conceptual framework of 'chronomobilities,' which looks at 'time regimes' and 'time logics,' it demonstrates how migratory pathways have become far more complex than leaving one country for another and can profoundly affect the temporalities of everyday life, from career pathways to intimate relationships.

Drawing on extensive ethnographic material, Robertson deepens our understanding of the multifaceted relationship between migration and time.

Series: Global Migration and Social Change

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529211528

Publisher: Bristol University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 12 July 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bristol University Press

Illustration: 14 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 156.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 224

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Education & Reference New Zealand and Australia Published Non-Fiction Series: Global Migration and Social Change Shanthi Robertson

About the Author

Shanthi Robertson is Associate Professor in the School of Humanities and Communication Arts and Research Fellow in the Institute for Culture and Society at Western Sydney University.

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