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'there Is No Place Like Home': Migration and Cultural Identity of the Sonsorolese, Micronesia
Contributor(s): Walda-Mandel, Stephanie (Author)

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 ISBN: 3825366928     ISBN-13: 9783825366926
Publisher: Universitatsverlag Winter
OUR PRICE: $54.60  

Binding Type: Paperback
Published: November 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Anthropology - General
- Social Science | Emigration & Immigration
Series: Heidelberg Studies in Pacific Anthropology
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.3" W x 8.2" L (0.90 lbs) 332 pages
 
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The remote island of Sonsorol with its unique culture and language belongs to the Micronesian archipelago Palau in the Western Pacific. Based on intensive multi-sited fieldwork, this comprehensive ethnography analyzes the social transformation of a small island community caused by migration of a large number of its members. Long journeys with their outrigger canoes have always been cultural practice of the Sonsorolese people. Today, caused by global processes, their world has broadened and they move to destinations such as Guam, Saipan or the USA - faraway places that sometimes become a permanent home. In these even smaller dispersed communities in mostly urban centers, notions of home, belonging and nation take on new significance. Following their routes and footsteps, the author explores how mobility and change affect their cultural identity. In their own words, the Sonsorolese express their motifs, hopes and experiences and are shown as active decision makers in a changing world.
 
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